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Winter Weather Advisory 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 17, 2021Grayson County, Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Greenbrier County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 17, 2021, 2:31 PM EST for Grayson County, Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2021, 2:31 PM EST (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Jan 18, 2021, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 Jan 17, 1:06 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 1:06 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Winter Weather Advisories in North Carolina, 2021 Winter Weather Advisories in Virginia, 2021 Winter Weather Advisories in West Virginia, 2021 Every winter weather advisory in 2021

Sources

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