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Extreme Cold Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 30, 202627 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 30, 2026, 2:30 PM EST for 27 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 31, 2026, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2026, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2026, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 1, 2026, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

All 37 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford 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, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick 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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 30, 12:34 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 12:34 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 7:18 AM EST, 7 hours 12 minutes before

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Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Virginia, 2026 Extreme Cold Warnings in North Carolina, 2026 Extreme Cold Warnings in West Virginia, 2026 Every 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.