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Special Weather Statement, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 28, 2026Bedford County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2026, 3:25 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 28, 2026, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Bedford County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDT, 20 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 7:20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 1:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKCity of Martinsville3 hr
Jun 28, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Danville25 min
Jun 28, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKRockingham36 min
Jun 28, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2026Every 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.