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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 24, 200637 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 24, 2006, 5:24 AM EDT for 37 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jun 24, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2006, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 24, 2006, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2006, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity
None
All 49 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jun 24, 4:37 AM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 4:37 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:57 PM EDT, 13 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
357 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-045>047-
WVZ042>045-242000-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-
WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-BATH-ROANOKE-
BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
357 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AND CONTAIN
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER ALREADY WET GROUND FROM EARLIER
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING CONDITIONS ALONG AREA CREEKS
AND STREAMS...POSSIBLY EVEN MAIN STEM RIVERS. PRESENT INDICATIONS
ARE THAT SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.

NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043-044-058-059-242000-
STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-
CHARLOTTE-
357 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE WITH
HEAVY RAINS...DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST SATURDAY
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE
STRONGER...SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD PRODUCE FLOODING CONDITIONS
ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...POSSIBLY EVEN MAIN STEM RIVERS.
PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES
OF RAINFALL FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst, Bedford62 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2006Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2006Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2006Every flash flood watch in 2006

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.