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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 25, 2010Campbell County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 5:48 AM EST for Campbell County, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It took effect at Jan 25, 2010, 9:15 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2010, 5:48 AM EST (10:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2010, 9:15 AM EST
Expired: Jan 26, 2010, 9:19 AM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Campbell County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Roanoke River at Altavista (ALTV2).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02060500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jan 25, 3:56 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:56 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 4:04 AM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 2:32 AM EST, 3 hours 16 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
Jan 24, 7:57 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Tazewell	6 hr
Jan 24, 8:06 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	6 hr
Jan 24, 9:10 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Patrick	6 hr
Jan 24, 10:26 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville	6 hr
Jan 24, 10:35 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	6 hr
Jan 24, 10:53 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Botetourt, Roanoke, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, City of Roanoke and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 24, 11:09 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg, City of Roanoke	6 hr
Jan 25, 12:14 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Jan 25, 1:45 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	4 hr
Jan 25, 1:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	6 hr
Jan 25, 2:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Patrick	6 hr
Jan 25, 4:22 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles, Montgomery	6 hr
Jan 25, 4:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville	6 hr
Jan 25, 4:28 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	6 hr
Jan 25, 4:33 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 3 more	6 hr
Jan 25, 5:13 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg	6 hr
Jan 25, 5:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	35 hr
Jan 25, 6:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Jan 25, 6:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Buckingham	6 hr
Jan 25, 7:42 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax	6 hr
Jan 25, 7:53 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Tazewell	6 hr
Jan 25, 8:43 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	6 hr
Jan 25, 10:00 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Craig, Giles, Montgomery	4 hr
Jan 25, 10:32 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	16 hr
Jan 25, 10:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Botetourt, Roanoke, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, City of Roanoke and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 25, 11:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg	4 hr
Jan 25, 12:00 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania	20 hr
Jan 25, 12:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Appomattox	3 hr
Jan 25, 2:25 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Montgomery, Roanoke, Rockbridge and 4 more	24 hr
Jan 25, 4:56 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe and 2 more	11 hr
Jan 24, 7:07 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	12 hr
Jan 24, 9:03 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	6 hr
Jan 24, 10:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Stokes	6 hr
Jan 24, 11:53 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Rockingham	6 hr
Jan 25, 2:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	6 hr
Jan 25, 4:15 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Stokes	6 hr
Jan 25, 5:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Rockingham	6 hr
Jan 25, 9:44 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Surry	3 hr
Jan 25, 11:46 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Rockingham	28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2010 Every 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.