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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Blacksburg, VA

August 15, 2023Wilkes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2023, 1:58 AM EDT for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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: Aug 15, 2023, 1:58 AM EDT (05:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2023, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wilkes County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 14, 10:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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 Aug 14, 9:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 9:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:49 AM EDT, 9 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 15, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, City of Lynchburg	28 min
Aug 15, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	23 min
Aug 14, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	55 min
Aug 14, 11:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Ashe	25 min
Aug 15, 12:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	74 min
Aug 15, 12:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Watauga	33 min
Aug 15, 1:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	23 min
Aug 15, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	26 min
Aug 15, 2:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	39 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.