River Flood Warning 21, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Apr 16, 2011, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 17, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT

Expired

Apr 17, 2011, 9:55 AM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Flood severity

Minor

County Botetourt County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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.

Written for the forecast point James River (VA) at Buchanan (BNNV2).

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

17 ft

Moderate stage

21 ft

Major stage

26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02080201, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

903 
WGUS41 KRNK 170234
FLWRNK
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
1034 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA...

  JAMES RIVER AT BUCHANAN AFFECTING BOTETOURT COUNTY
  JAMES RIVER AT HOLCOMB ROCK AFFECTING AMHERST...BEDFORD...CAMPBELL 
  AND CITY OF LYNCHBURG COUNTIES
  JAMES RIVER NEAR BREMO BLUFF AFFECTING BUCKINGHAM AND FLUVANNA 
  COUNTIES


FOR THE UPPER JAMES...INCLUDING BUCHANAN...MINOR FLOODING IS 
FORECAST.FOR THE MIDDLE JAMES...INCLUDING HOLCOMB ROCK...BREMO 
BLUFF...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WHICH FELL SATURDAY ACROSS THE 
JAMES BASIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING AT BUCHANAN...HOLCOMB ROCK
AND BREMO BLUFF.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...THE WATER MAY BE MUCH DEEPER 
THAN YOU THINK.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. THE NEXT SCHEDULE STATEMENT FOR THE JAMES 
RIVER WILL BE ISSUED BY NOON ON SUNDAY.

 
$$

&&

VAC023-171434-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0021.110417T0900Z-110418T0500Z/
/BNNV2.1.ER.110417T0900Z.110417T1200Z.110417T1700Z.NO/
1034 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE JAMES RIVER AT BUCHANAN.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* AT 09PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...14.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 18.0 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 17.0 FEET...RIGHT BANK ABOVE GAGE AND FLATS ABOVE TOWN ON LEFT 
  BANK ARE INUNDATED.  MOSTLY AGRICULTURAL LANDS AFFECTED.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 17.9 FEET ON APR 16 
  2007.

$$

VAC009-019-031-680-171434-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0022.110417T0900Z-110418T0436Z/
/HRKV2.1.ER.110417T0900Z.110417T1200Z.110417T1636Z.NO/
1034 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE JAMES RIVER AT HOLCOMB ROCK.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* AT 09PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...17.4 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 23.0 FEET BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 23.0 FEET...POWER EQUIPMENT YARD AND ACCESS FLOODED AT HOLCOMB 
  ROCK DAM.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 23.8 FEET ON JAN 26 
  2010.

$$

VAC029-065-171434-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FL.W.0023.110417T0915Z-000000T0000Z/
/BREV2.1.ER.110417T0915Z.110418T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1034 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE JAMES RIVER NEAR BREMO BLUFF.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* AT 12AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...13.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 22.9 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE RIVER SHOULD FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD MONDAY NIGHT.

$$

774 
WGUS81 KRNK 171355
FLSRNK
 
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 
955 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS
IN VIRGINIA...
 
  JAMES RIVER AT BUCHANAN AFFECTING BOTETOURT COUNTY
  JAMES RIVER AT HOLCOMB ROCK AFFECTING AMHERST...BEDFORD...CAMPBELL
  AND CITY OF LYNCHBURG COUNTIES
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN VIRGINIA..
  JAMES RIVER NEAR BREMO BLUFF AFFECTING BUCKINGHAM AND FLUVANNA 
  COUNTIES 
 
HEAVY RAINS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WHICH FELL SATURDAY ACROSS THE 
JAMES RIVER BASIN AND WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING AT BREMO BLUFF. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

 GRAPHICAL FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT 
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/RNK (LOWER CASE). CLICK ON 'RIVERS & LAKES 
AHPS'.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 10:00 PM. 

&&

VAC009-019-031-680-171425-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FL.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110418T0436Z/
/HRKV2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
955 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE JAMES RIVER AT HOLCOMB ROCK.
* AT 08AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 21.0 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

VAC029-065-172155-
/O.CON.KRNK.FL.W.0023.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/BREV2.1.ER.110417T1852Z.110418T0400Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
955 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE JAMES RIVER NEAR BREMO BLUFF.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 5AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 22.5 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

$$

VAC023-171425-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110418T0500Z/
/BNNV2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
955 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE JAMES RIVER AT BUCHANAN.
* AT 8AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER WILL CREST AT 16.0 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

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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.