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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 17, 2010Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jan 17, 2010, 11:19 AM EST for Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Jan 18, 2010, 4:42 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2010, 11:19 AM EST (16:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2010, 4:42 PM EST
Expired
Jan 19, 2010, 8:33 AM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity
Minor

County Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 Dan River at South Boston (SBNV2).

Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02076000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 6:50 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax4 hr
Jan 17, 3:14 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson, City of Galax81 min
Jan 17, 6:26 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRNKPulaski6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2010Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.