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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT for Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 1996, 11:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties City of Danville, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 12, 2:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 2:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 12, 4:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
420 PM EDT MON AUG 12 1996
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
915 AM WATAUGA NC FLOODING
08/12/96 WATAUGA SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND
CLOSED ACROSS THE ENTIRE
COUNTY. CREEK/SMALL STREAM
FLOODING CONTINUED UNTIL 2
PM.
1100 AM ASHE NC FLOODING
08/12/96 ASHE TWO LOW WATER CROSSING BRIDGES
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF ASHE
COUNTY WERE WASHED AWAY.
1230 PM CARROLL VA FLOODING
08/12/96 CARROLL ROADS FLOODED FROM CREEKS...
MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
CREEK/SMALL STREAM FLOODING
CONTINUED UNTIL 300 PM.
210 PM IRONTO VA FLOODING
08/12/96 MONTGOMERY NORTH FORK OF THE ROANOKE
RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS.
210 PM SURRY NC FLOODING
08/12/96 SURRY SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND
CLOSED ACROSS THE ENTIRE
COUNTY.
MTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 11:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.