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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 13, 2010Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2010, 11:11 PM EST for Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 8:36 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2010, 11:11 PM EST (04:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2010, 8:36 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2010, 11:13 AM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Roanoke River at Randolph (RNDV2). The gauge peaked at 22.76 ft at Mar 14, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02066000, 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 Mar 13, 6:21 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 6:21 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 11:55 AM EST, 11 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:35 PM EST, 4 hours 36 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
Mar 13, 7:21 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Henry, Patrick	54 min
Mar 13, 9:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	84 min
Mar 14, 3:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Giles	6 hr
Mar 14, 5:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	14 hr
Mar 14, 9:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Mercer	3 hr
Mar 14, 9:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	6 hr
Mar 14, 3:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Greenbrier	4 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.