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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this frost advisory at Apr 20, 2026, 12:15 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 21, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2026, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2026, 12:51 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
Counties Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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 19, 8:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:15 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 33 hr |
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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.