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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 23, 2023Wythe County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2023, 8:21 PM EDT for Wythe County, Virginia. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2023, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2023, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:10 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:21 PM EDT, 0 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 23, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Wythe	44 min
Jul 23, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, City of Lynchburg	35 min
Jul 23, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	32 min
Jul 23, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	28 min
Jul 23, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke	70 min
Jul 24, 5:18 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 9 more	5 hr
Jul 23, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	45 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.