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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2026, 10:04 AM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia; Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2026, 10:04 AM EDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2026, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, City of Martinsville, VA, Franklin County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:54 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 3:31 PM EDT, 18 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 3:31 PM EDT, 18 hours 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 2:24 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell | 39 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 6:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 6:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Henry, Patrick | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 7:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Pulaski, City of Radford | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 8:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 5 more | 66 min |
| Mar 16, 9:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Patrick | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Patrick | 34 min |
| Mar 16, 10:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 10:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 10:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 64 min |
| Mar 16, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 64 min |
| Mar 16, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Floyd, Franklin, Henry and 8 more | 80 min |
| Mar 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania and 1 more | 96 min |
| Mar 15, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 25 min |
| Mar 16, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 8:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 8:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes | 55 min |
| Mar 16, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 10:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 7:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.