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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 21, 2010Carroll County, Grayson County, City of Galax, Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Mar 21, 2010, 10:06 PM EDT for Carroll County, Grayson County, City of Galax, Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2010, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2010, 5:40 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Grayson County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 21, 9:53 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 9:53 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 3:05 PM EDT, 7 hours 1 minute 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 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, 12:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	6 hr
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

Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2010 Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2010 Every flash flood watch in 2010

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.