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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 25, 2021Wythe County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT for Wythe County, Virginia. It was in force for 44 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 25, 2021, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Wythe County, VA

The radar

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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 24, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	48 min
Aug 25, 12:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Amherst	3 hr
Aug 25, 4:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Tazewell	3 hr
Aug 25, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	45 min
Aug 25, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	55 min
Aug 25, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	47 min
Aug 25, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Wythe	2 hr
Aug 25, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Pulaski	101 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.