ROANOKE, Va. – The National Weather Service twice extended a tornado watch for multiple counties and cities in Southwest Virginia.
It was originally set to expire at 7 p.m. Tuesday, was extended at 6:25 p.m. to expire at 2 a.m. and then, just before 2 a.m., extended until 4 a.m.
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The final watch included Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, Roanoke and Wythe counties, as well as the cities of Danville, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke and Salem.
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As a reminder, a tornado watch means that forecasted conditions favor tornado development, more urgent than that, is a tornado warning, which means that a tornado is happening or is expected soon.