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Areal Flood Warning 41, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this areal flood warning at Nov 29, 2011, 5:36 AM EST for 10 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2011, 5:36 AM EST (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2011, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, Halifax County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Nov 29, 4:52 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 4:52 AM EST, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 29, 12:50 AM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Nov 28, 9:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 50 min |
| Nov 28, 9:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Craig and 14 more | 63 min |
| Nov 28, 10:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 78 min |
| Nov 28, 10:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, City of Radford and 2 more | 67 min |
| Nov 28, 11:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Roanoke and 4 more | 79 min |
| Nov 29, 12:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville, City of Roanoke | 70 min |
| Nov 29, 1:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick, Roanoke | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Craig, Franklin, Montgomery and 4 more | 72 min |
| Nov 29, 3:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Craig, Pittsylvania and 5 more | 64 min |
| Nov 29, 3:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Covington | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 4:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:16 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, City of Lynchburg | 70 min |
| Nov 29, 7:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick, Roanoke | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 7:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, City of Covington | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 11:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Grayson | 19 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes, Yadkin | 72 min |
| Nov 29, 4:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 70 min |
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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.