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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 25, 2023Yadkin County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2023, 4:12 PM EDT for Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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 25, 2023, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Yadkin County, NC

The radar

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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.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 25, 2:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 10:17 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
1017 AM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-032-WVZ042>044-507-508-261430-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-
Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-
Alleghany VA-Bath-Patrick-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-
Western Greenbrier-
1017 AM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia
and southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ004>006-VAZ022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-261430-
Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Franklin-
Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-
Halifax-Charlotte-
1017 AM EDT Tue Jul 25 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
central Virginia, south central Virginia and west central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Heat index values of 100 to 105 are possible Thursday through
Saturday, with Friday looking like the hottest day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:26 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:30 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:33 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:08 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:12 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 25, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	31 min
Jul 25, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	33 min
Jul 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	37 min
Jul 25, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	45 min
Jul 25, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	44 min
Jul 25, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	34 min
Jul 25, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	45 min
Jul 25, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	25 min
Jul 25, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	35 min
Jul 25, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	43 min
Jul 25, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	37 min
Jul 25, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Forsyth	35 min
Jul 25, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	28 min
Jul 25, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	27 min
Jul 25, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	26 min
Jul 25, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	33 min
Jul 25, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	43 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	18 min
Jul 25, 2:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2023 Every special weather statement in 2023

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.