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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 26, 2026, 12:22 AM EST for 23 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 26, 2026, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 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
- Jan 26, 2026, 12:22 AM EST (05:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2026, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2026, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
All 30 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery 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), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 9:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 30 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:22 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Buckingham, Campbell and 19 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
Extreme Cold Warnings in Virginia, 2026Extreme Cold Warnings in West Virginia, 2026Extreme Cold Warnings in North Carolina, 2026Every extreme cold warning in 2026
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.