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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 14, 2021Bedford County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 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, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Bedford County, VA

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:00 PM EDT, 0 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 14, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lexington	28 min
Aug 14, 8:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	79 min
Aug 14, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	34 min
Aug 14, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	25 min
Aug 14, 8:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Smyth	50 min
Aug 14, 8:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	3 hr
Aug 14, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	26 min
Aug 14, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	24 min
Aug 14, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Lynchburg	36 min
Aug 14, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	27 min
Aug 14, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	34 min
Aug 14, 9:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, Rockbridge	89 min
Aug 15, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	33 min
Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	29 min
Aug 15, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	34 min
Aug 15, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	29 min
Aug 15, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	29 min
Aug 15, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	29 min
Aug 15, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	29 min
Aug 15, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	26 min
Aug 15, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	30 min
Aug 15, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	25 min
Aug 15, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	36 min
Aug 15, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	38 min
Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell	62 min
Aug 15, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	23 min
Aug 15, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	32 min
Aug 15, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	37 min
Aug 15, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	28 min
Aug 15, 4:52 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.