Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Watches in 2010
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at May 2, 2010, 4:43 AM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia; Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina; Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 2, 2010, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2010, 4:43 AM EDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2010, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 3, 2010, 8:39 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Bland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 31 min |
| May 1, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 49 min |
| May 1, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 50 min |
| May 1, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 62 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2010Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2010Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2010Every 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.