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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 16, 2024Tazewell County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2024, 9:21 PM EDT for Tazewell County, Virginia. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2024, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2024, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Tazewell County, VA

The radar

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The text

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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 16, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 9:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:49 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:11 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 9:21 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 16, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	66 min
Jul 16, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	49 min
Jul 16, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	49 min
Jul 17, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath	63 min
Jul 17, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	24 min
Jul 17, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	32 min
Jul 17, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	26 min
Jul 17, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge	24 min
Jul 17, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	31 min
Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	30 min
Jul 17, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Rockbridge and 1 more	58 min
Jul 17, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	73 min
Jul 17, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	40 min
Jul 17, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	2 hr
Jul 17, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	60 min
Jul 17, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, City of Lynchburg	66 min
Jul 17, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	60 min
Jul 17, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	58 min
Jul 17, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	30 min
Jul 17, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	24 min
Jul 17, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	63 min
Jul 17, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe, City of Galax	54 min
Jul 17, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	60 min
Jul 17, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	64 min
Jul 17, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	38 min
Jul 17, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Wythe	32 min
Jul 17, 7:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Appomattox, Charlotte	116 min
Jul 17, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	35 min
Jul 17, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	25 min
Jul 17, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	59 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.