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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 18, 2010Surry County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2010, 2:24 PM EDT for Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 2 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: Jul 18, 2010, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2010, 4:24 PM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Surry 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 Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:16 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:13 AM EDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
413 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-190815-
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-
413 AM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010

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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AS TEMPERATURES
RISE AND AS ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST THROUGH THE AREA.
SOME OF STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR
WITH THE SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WERT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:50 PM EDT, 34 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 17, 9:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	2 hr
Jul 17, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	25 min
Jul 17, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	46 min
Jul 18, 12:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Patrick, City of Galax	44 min
Jul 18, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	51 min
Jul 18, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	25 min
Jul 18, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, City of Radford	40 min
Jul 18, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	57 min
Jul 18, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	56 min
Jul 18, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockbridge	60 min
Jul 18, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	55 min
Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke	62 min
Jul 18, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	66 min
Jul 18, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	64 min
Jul 18, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Rockbridge, City of Covington, City of Lexington	62 min
Jul 18, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	55 min
Jul 18, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	59 min
Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke	61 min
Jul 18, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	57 min
Jul 18, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Roanoke	56 min
Jul 18, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath, Rockbridge, City of Lexington	66 min
Jul 18, 12:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	37 min
Jul 18, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry	55 min
Jul 18, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	60 min
Jul 18, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	64 min
Jul 18, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	68 min
Jul 18, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	61 min
Jul 18, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	53 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.