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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 10, 202537 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 10, 2025, 3:02 AM EST for 37 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 11, 2025, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 51 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2025, 3:02 AM EST (08:02 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2025, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 13, 2025, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 44 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, 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, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 10, 12:53 AM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 12:53 AM EST, 2 hours 9 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
Feb 10, 9:42 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	50 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2025 Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2025 Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2025 Every winter storm 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.