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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2023, 9:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Sep 7, 2023, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2023, 9:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 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 Sep 7, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 138 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023 NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-081745- Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Wilkes-Yadkin-Roanoke-Botetourt- Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania- Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte- 138 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening as a cold front nears the area. Damaging wind gusts will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected again Friday afternoon and evening as a cold front crosses the area. Damaging wind gusts will be the main threat, along with locally heavy rainfall. Showers and thunderstorms may bring locally heavy rainfall to the area for the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Reports should be submitted by phone by calling 1-866-215-4324, social media, by email at rnk.skywarn@noaa.gov or online at www.weather.gov/rnk. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-081745- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski- Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer- Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- 138 PM EDT Thu Sep 7 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening as a cold front nears the area. Damaging wind gusts will be the main concern, along with locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected again Friday afternoon and evening as a cold front crosses the area. Damaging wind gusts will be the main threat, along with locally heavy rainfall. Showers and thunderstorms may bring locally heavy rainfall to the area for the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. Reports should be submitted by phone by calling 1-866-215-4324, social media, by email at rnk.skywarn@noaa.gov or online at www.weather.gov/rnk.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Pulaski | 65 min |
| Sep 7, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Martinsville | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville | 67 min |
| Sep 7, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 17 min |
| Sep 7, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 12:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 58 min |
| Sep 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham | 67 min |
| Sep 7, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 8:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 16 min |
| Sep 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 59 min |
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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.