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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Blacksburg, VA

October 28, 2010Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Oct 28, 2010, 7:22 AM EDT for Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Oct 28, 2010, 2:51 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 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, 2:51 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 29, 2010, 10:40 AM EDT
In force: 20 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 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 Paces (PCEV2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 29 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02075500, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 27, 8:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	60 min
Oct 27, 8:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	5 hr
Oct 27, 8:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	49 min
Oct 27, 8:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	53 min
Oct 27, 9:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Halifax	26 min
Oct 28, 7:22 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	9 hr
Oct 28, 4:02 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Carroll, Floyd, Grayson, City of Covington and 1 more	18 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.