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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 19, 202422 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this red flag warning at Mar 19, 2024, 3:02 PM EDT for 22 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina. It took effect at Mar 20, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
Mar 19, 2024, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2024, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 25 counties

Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Mar 19, 12:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 12:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 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.