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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 5, 200628 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 5, 2006, 4:18 AM EDT for 28 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2006, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2006, 3:32 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

All 38 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, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, 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, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 Jul 5, 4:06 AM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:06 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:16 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:04 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 56 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 5, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	73 min
Jul 5, 2:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg	6 hr
Jul 5, 2:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Montgomery	4 hr
Jul 5, 4:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Rockbridge	6 hr
Jul 4, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	57 min
Jul 5, 12:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	55 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2006 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2006 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2006 Every 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.