Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2010
River Flood Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jan 17, 2010, 3:14 PM EST for Carroll County, Grayson County, City of Galax, Virginia. It was in force for 81 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2010, 3:14 PM EST (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2010, 4:35 PM EST
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 New River at Galax (GAXV2).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03164000, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:50 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Patrick, City of Galax | 4 hr |
| Jan 17, 11:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 45 hr |
| Jan 17, 6:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski | 6 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.