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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

October 17, 202419 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this freeze warning at Oct 17, 2024, 1:28 PM EDT for 19 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Oct 18, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2024, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2024, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 25 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 1:28 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryRNKAmherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 12 more20 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2024Freeze Warnings in North Carolina, 2024Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2024Every freeze warning in 2024

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.