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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 3, 2024Grayson County, Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Dec 3, 2024, 2:12 PM EST for Grayson County, Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 4, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2024, 2:12 PM EST (19:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 4, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 4, 2024, 2:07 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 3, 1:55 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 1:55 PM EST, 17 minutes before
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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.