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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 22, 201327 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 22, 2013, 10:46 AM EDT for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jul 22, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2013, 10:46 AM EDT (14:46 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 22, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 23, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

All 35 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 22, 7:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 7:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 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
Jul 21, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	35 min
Jul 21, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	24 min
Jul 21, 9:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bath	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	46 min
Jul 22, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	42 min
Jul 22, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	3 hr
Jul 22, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Buena Vista	37 min
Jul 22, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	47 min
Jul 22, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Surry, Yadkin	34 min
Jul 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	48 min
Jul 22, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	53 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2013 Every flash flood watch in 2013

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.