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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Blacksburg, VA

September 25, 2025Henry County, Patrick County, City of Martinsville, Virginia; Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2025, 10:27 PM EDT for Henry County, Patrick County, City of Martinsville, Virginia; Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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: Sep 25, 2025, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2025, 10:59 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, City of Martinsville, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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 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 Sep 25, 8:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 8:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 9:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 9:50 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 10:14 PM EDT, 13 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
Sep 25, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	31 min
Sep 25, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	36 min
Sep 25, 11:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	24 min
Sep 26, 12:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	35 min
Sep 26, 12:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	44 min
Sep 25, 8:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	2 hr
Sep 25, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	25 min
Sep 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Watauga, Wilkes	3 hr
Sep 26, 7:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes	6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2025 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.