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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Blacksburg, VA

March 28, 2010Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2010, 9:05 AM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Mar 29, 2010, 4:14 AM EDT. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2010, 9:05 AM EDT (13:05 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2010, 4:14 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2010, 8:07 PM EDT
In force: 64 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 13:03 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 Dan River at South Boston (SBNV2). The gauge peaked at 25.04 ft at Mar 29, 2010, 11:00 PM EDT.

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.

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 28, 7:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 7:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 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 28, 2:05 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell	16 hr
Mar 28, 4:14 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	26 hr
Mar 28, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Galax, City of Radford	47 min
Mar 28, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Patrick	44 min
Mar 28, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax, City of Danville	41 min
Mar 28, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	36 min
Mar 28, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Montgomery	34 min
Mar 28, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, Henry, City of Martinsville	47 min
Mar 28, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	31 min
Mar 28, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	17 min
Mar 28, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, City of Galax	29 min
Mar 28, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	19 min
Mar 28, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	22 min
Mar 28, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Wilkes	32 min
Mar 28, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	30 min
Mar 28, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes, Yadkin	28 min
Mar 28, 7:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Caswell, Rockingham	64 min
Mar 28, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Yadkin	30 min

Nearby

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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.