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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 22, 2010Watauga County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2010, 12:09 AM EDT for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2010, 12:09 AM EDT (04:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2010, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Watauga County, NC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 21, 9:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 9:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 10:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 21, 11:15 PM EDT, 54 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
Mar 21, 10:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	8 hr
Mar 22, 3:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax	51 min
Mar 22, 5:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, Rockbridge and 4 more	66 min
Mar 22, 5:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	59 min
Mar 22, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	65 min
Mar 22, 6:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, City of Covington	63 min
Mar 22, 7:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	66 min
Mar 22, 7:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, City of Lynchburg	59 min
Mar 22, 7:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	48 min
Mar 22, 8:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	92 min
Mar 22, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	64 min
Mar 22, 11:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	33 min
Mar 21, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga	60 min
Mar 22, 1:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe	5 hr
Mar 22, 6:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	6 hr
Mar 22, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	49 min

Nearby

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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.