Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2009

River Flood Warning 24, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 26, 2009Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2009, 10:52 AM EST for Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 26, 2009, 3:26 PM EST. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2009, 10:52 AM EST (15:52 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2009, 3:26 PM EST
Expired: Dec 28, 2009, 4:50 PM EST
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Roanoke River at Randolph (RNDV2). The gauge peaked at 23.64 ft at Dec 27, 2009, 1:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02066000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Dec 25, 6:47 PM EST, 16 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 6:47 PM EST, 16 hours 5 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 4:12 PM EST, 18 hours 40 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 26, 8:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	14 hr
Dec 26, 10:52 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	32 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.