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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 25, 20225 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2022, 3:09 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 2022, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2022, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bedford County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 25, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 24, 7:27 PM EDT, 19 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 7:27 PM EDT, 19 hours 42 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
Jul 25, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	35 min
Jul 25, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	27 min
Jul 25, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 2 more	65 min
Jul 25, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	28 min
Jul 25, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	29 min
Jul 25, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke and 1 more	49 min
Jul 25, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	33 min
Jul 25, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell	44 min
Jul 25, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania	53 min
Jul 25, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	37 min
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	32 min
Jul 25, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	27 min
Jul 25, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	26 min
Jul 25, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	35 min
Jul 25, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte	44 min
Jul 25, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	29 min
Jul 25, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax	25 min
Jul 25, 4:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	2 hr
Jul 25, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	57 min
Jul 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	22 min
Jul 25, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	35 min
Jul 25, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	34 min
Jul 25, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	23 min
Jul 25, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	37 min
Jul 25, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	36 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.