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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 21, 2024Carroll County, City of Galax, Virginia; Alleghany County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2024, 3:08 PM EDT for Carroll County, City of Galax, Virginia; Alleghany County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 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 21, 2024, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2024, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 65 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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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 20, 6:43 PM EDT, 20 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:43 PM EDT, 20 hours 25 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 21, 3:41 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	5 hr
Jul 21, 2:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Grayson	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	28 min
Jul 21, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	40 min
Jul 21, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Wythe	40 min
Jul 21, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	60 min
Jul 21, 5:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Patrick	3 hr
Jul 21, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	50 min
Jul 21, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	37 min
Jul 21, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	51 min
Jul 21, 4:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Wilkes	3 hr
Jul 21, 4:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Wilkes	3 hr
Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	3 hr
Jul 21, 7:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	5 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2024 Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2024 Every special weather statement 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.