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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 5, 2009Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2009, 10:55 AM EDT for Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Jun 6, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2009, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2009, 9:17 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: Minor

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 14:55 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 20.33 ft at Jun 6, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT.

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 Jun 5, 10:38 AM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:38 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:35 AM EDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
435 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-060845-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
435 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
947 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WHITE GATE              37.20N 80.85W
06/05/2009                   GILES              VA   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HWY 42 CLOSED ON WALKER CREEK

&&

TW

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:31 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1031 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      9 SE SOUTH BOSTON       36.61N 78.79W
06/04/2009                   HALIFAX            VA   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            RT 602 NEAR SHADY GROVE CLOSED AT BLUEWING CREEK.

&&

TW

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:37 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1037 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 PM     HAIL             2 NW PITTSVILLE         37.01N 79.49W
06/04/2009  E0.75 INCH       PITTSYLVANIA       VA   PUBLIC

&&

MC

Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:45 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1045 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     FLASH FLOOD      YANCEYVILLE             36.41N 79.34W
06/04/2009                   CASWELL            NC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE FROM FLOODING.

&&

TW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Giles	5 hr
Jun 4, 8:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	5 hr
Jun 5, 1:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	14 hr
Jun 5, 3:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin	8 hr
Jun 5, 7:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	58 hr
Jun 5, 7:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick	8 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.