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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 31, 1999Smyth County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1999, 2:38 AM EDT for Smyth County, Virginia. It was in force for 92 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: Jul 31, 1999, 2:38 AM EDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 1999, 4:10 AM EDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Smyth County, VA

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 Jul 30, 9:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 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
Jul 31, 1:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Tazewell	49 min
Jul 31, 3:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Tazewell	49 min
Jul 31, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	48 min
Jul 31, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	30 min
Jul 31, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	36 min
Jul 31, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	65 min
Jul 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	51 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1999 Every flash flood warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.