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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 16, 202521 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this frost advisory at Apr 16, 2025, 3:09 AM EDT for 21 counties in Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 17, 2025, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2025, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2025, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 17, 2025, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 24 counties

Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 15, 7:20 PM EDT, 7 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 7:20 PM EDT, 7 hours 49 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.