Alert archive / Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2026

Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 20, 2026City of Danville, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Feb 20, 2026, 9:21 AM EST for City of Danville, Virginia. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2026, 9:21 AM EST (14:21 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2026, 9:45 AM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County City of Danville, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 20, 8:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	29 min
Feb 20, 8:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell	30 min
Feb 20, 8:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Pittsylvania	31 min
Feb 20, 9:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	31 min
Feb 20, 4:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	31 min
Feb 20, 5:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	30 min
Feb 20, 11:32 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	RNK	Greenbrier, Summers	26 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2026 Every special weather statement 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.