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Snow Squall Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 3, 20258 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this snow squall warning at Jan 3, 2025, 2:27 PM EST for 8 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 48 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: Jan 3, 2025, 2:27 PM EST (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2025, 3:15 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bland County, VA, City of Radford, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Jan 3, 2:16 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 2:16 PM EST, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:05 AM EST, 10 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 1:02 PM EST, 1 hour 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
Jan 3, 1:40 AM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more	29 hr
Jan 3, 2:34 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 27 more	24 hr
Jan 3, 2:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	23 min
Jan 3, 3:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	26 min
Jan 3, 3:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth, Wythe	26 min
Jan 3, 3:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	31 min
Jan 3, 3:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	29 min
Jan 3, 3:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	27 min
Jan 3, 2:21 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier	55 hr

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in Virginia, 2025 Every snow squall 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.