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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 18, 2025Amherst County, City of Buena Vista, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2025, 4:21 PM EDT for Amherst County, City of Buena Vista, Virginia. It was in force for 39 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 18, 2025, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2025, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Amherst County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA

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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 18, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:11 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:16 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:17 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:19 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDT, 0 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 17, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	33 min
Jul 17, 8:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	23 min
Jul 17, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	41 min
Jul 17, 9:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Wythe	50 min
Jul 18, 2:53 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	21 hr
Jul 18, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	24 min
Jul 18, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	40 min
Jul 18, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	24 min
Jul 18, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	26 min
Jul 18, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, City of Radford	60 min
Jul 18, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	64 min
Jul 18, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke	47 min
Jul 18, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	26 min
Jul 18, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	24 min
Jul 18, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	28 min
Jul 18, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Patrick	64 min
Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	28 min
Jul 18, 4:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin	63 min
Jul 18, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	27 min
Jul 18, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	54 min
Jul 18, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick	3 hr
Jul 18, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	27 min
Jul 18, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	23 min
Jul 18, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	30 min
Jul 18, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte	46 min
Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Buckingham	3 hr
Jul 18, 5:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	3 hr
Jul 18, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	31 min
Jul 18, 6:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	3 hr
Jul 18, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pulaski, City of Radford	29 min
Jul 18, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	23 min
Jul 18, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	41 min
Jul 18, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	64 min
Jul 18, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Person	27 min
Jul 18, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	37 min
Jul 18, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	31 min
Jul 18, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	33 min
Jul 18, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	26 min

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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.