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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this high wind watch at Feb 15, 2025, 4:23 AM EST for 25 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2025, 4:23 AM EST (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2025, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2025, 2:57 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 32 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Feb 15, 1:59 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 1:59 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 1:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bland, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:39 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, Smyth and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Carroll, Franklin, Patrick, City of Galax | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:47 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 27 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:57 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, Wythe and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 27 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 15 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:01 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:33 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 16 hr |
Nearby
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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.