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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

September 4, 2025Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2025, 4:21 PM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 24 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: Sep 4, 2025, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Halifax County, VA

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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 4, 11:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	57 min
Sep 4, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Craig, Giles	37 min
Sep 4, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, Smyth, Wythe	30 min
Sep 4, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax	40 min
Sep 4, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Radford	31 min
Sep 4, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski, Wythe, City of Galax	67 min
Sep 4, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 2 more	60 min
Sep 4, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	57 min
Sep 4, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	38 min
Sep 4, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania and 6 more	60 min
Sep 4, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	58 min
Sep 4, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	30 min
Sep 4, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	49 min
Sep 4, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	33 min
Sep 4, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	37 min
Sep 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes, Yadkin	31 min
Sep 4, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	56 min
Sep 4, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	28 min
Sep 4, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	31 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.