Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches in 2009
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at May 28, 2009, 3:42 AM EDT for 17 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 28, 2009, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2009, 3:42 AM EDT (07:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2009, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2009, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
All 26 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 May 28, 3:22 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:22 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 3:04 PM EDT, 12 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 304 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009 NCZ001>003-018>020-VAZ010>018-032-WVZ042>045-281915- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-PATRICK-MERCER- SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 304 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-VAZ007-009-019-020-022>024-033>035-043>047-058-059-281915- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA- CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 304 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 61 min |
| May 28, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson, City of Galax | 67 min |
| May 28, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 54 min |
| May 28, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, City of Radford | 39 min |
| May 28, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 66 min |
| May 28, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 64 min |
| May 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 60 min |
| May 28, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 84 min |
| May 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Martinsville | 47 min |
| May 28, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Radford | 53 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 44 min |
| May 28, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 66 min |
| May 28, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 40 min |
| May 28, 6:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania | 2 hr |
| May 28, 6:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 6 hr |
| May 28, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt, Craig | |
| May 28, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 58 min |
| May 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 61 min |
| May 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 57 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 46 min |
| May 28, 5:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer | 6 hr |
| May 28, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 47 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2009Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2009Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2009Every flash flood watch in 2009
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.