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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 2, 202613 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Surry County, Wilkes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this frost advisory at May 2, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT for 13 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Surry County, Wilkes County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 3, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT (16:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 3, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Amherst County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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 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 May 1, 2:17 PM EDT, 21 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:17 PM EDT, 21 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:58 PM EDT, 20 hours 5 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
May 2, 12:03 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Floyd, Giles, Grayson and 10 more	21 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Virginia, 2026 Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 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.