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Winter Weather Advisory 19, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 25, 202127 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 25, 2021, 8:06 PM EST for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 26, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2021, 8:06 PM EST (01:06 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 27, 2021, 1:43 AM EST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 36 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 25, 7:07 PM EST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 7:07 PM EST, 59 minutes before

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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.