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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 11, 20266 counties in Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this snow squall warning at Jan 11, 2026, 11:10 AM EST for 6 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 50 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: Jan 11, 2026, 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2026, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Significant

Counties Carroll County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 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 snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Jan 10, 2:55 PM EST, 20 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 2:55 PM EST, 20 hours 15 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
Jan 11, 10:37 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	RNK	Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Tazewell, Wythe	38 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.