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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2024, 6:36 PM EDT for 8 counties in Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2024, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2024, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties City of Radford, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Monroe County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 31, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 30, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 8:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 86 min |
| Aug 30, 8:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, Smyth, Wythe | 85 min |
| Aug 31, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 21 min |
| Aug 31, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Roanoke | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, Roanoke | 40 min |
| Aug 31, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, Roanoke, City of Covington | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 50 min |
| Aug 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 56 min |
| Aug 31, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Montgomery, City of Radford | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 9:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 26 min |
| Aug 31, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 25 min |
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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.