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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 14, 2021Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 6:17 PM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2021, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Rockingham County, NC

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 13, 7:18 PM EDT, 22 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 7:18 PM EDT, 22 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	52 min
Aug 13, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	34 min
Aug 13, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	44 min
Aug 13, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	47 min
Aug 13, 11:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	39 min
Aug 13, 11:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Tazewell	57 min
Aug 14, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	66 min
Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	30 min
Aug 14, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	25 min
Aug 14, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	23 min
Aug 14, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	37 min
Aug 14, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	30 min
Aug 14, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	29 min
Aug 14, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	26 min
Aug 14, 4:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Patrick	2 hr
Aug 14, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte	3 hr
Aug 14, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	26 min
Aug 14, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	25 min
Aug 14, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	37 min
Aug 14, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	59 min
Aug 14, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	35 min
Aug 14, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	31 min
Aug 14, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Halifax	3 hr
Aug 14, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe	45 min
Aug 14, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	29 min
Aug 14, 6:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte	2 hr
Aug 14, 6:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Halifax	2 hr
Aug 14, 6:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe	117 min
Aug 14, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	36 min
Aug 14, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	35 min
Aug 14, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	22 min
Aug 14, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Buena Vista	23 min
Aug 14, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	35 min
Aug 14, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	31 min
Aug 14, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista	29 min
Aug 14, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	25 min
Aug 14, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski	32 min
Aug 14, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	85 min
Aug 14, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Buckingham, City of Buena Vista	25 min
Aug 13, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	33 min
Aug 13, 11:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	32 min
Aug 14, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	32 min
Aug 14, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes	38 min
Aug 14, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Surry, Wilkes	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	28 min
Aug 14, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	31 min
Aug 14, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	37 min
Aug 14, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	33 min
Aug 14, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	31 min
Aug 14, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	23 min
Aug 14, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	26 min
Aug 14, 5:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	3 hr
Aug 13, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	38 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.