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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 19, 20264 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this frost advisory at Apr 19, 2026, 12:28 AM EDT for 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 20, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2026, 12:28 AM EDT (04:28 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 20, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2026, 7:58 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 18, 2:09 PM EDT, 10 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 2:09 PM EDT, 10 hours 19 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
Apr 18, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson, City of Galax	16 min
Apr 19, 1:27 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	11 hr
Apr 19, 12:28 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	32 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2026 Every frost advisory 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.