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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Blacksburg, VA

October 28, 2010Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia; Caswell County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Oct 28, 2010, 7:22 AM EDT for Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia; Caswell County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 28, 2010, 10:10 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 28, 2010, 7:22 AM EDT (11:22 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 28, 2010, 10:10 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 28, 2010, 4:22 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Caswell County, NC, City of Danville, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 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 STP near Danville (DVLV2). The gauge peaked at 16.98 ft at Oct 28, 2010, 1:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02075045, 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 Oct 28, 4:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 4:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 6:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
612 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-291015-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-
MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MERCER-
SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
612 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WITH
LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-291015-
SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-
ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-
CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-
612 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 8:15 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania60 min
Oct 27, 8:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville5 hr
Oct 27, 8:38 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville49 min
Oct 27, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax53 min
Oct 27, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WarningRNKHalifax26 min
Oct 28, 7:22 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRNKHalifax27 hr
Oct 28, 4:02 PM EDTWind AdvisoryRNKAlleghany, Bath, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, City of Covington and 1 more18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2010River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 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.