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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at May 18, 2013, 5:37 AM EDT for Grayson County, Smyth County, Virginia; Alleghany County, Ashe County, Watauga County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 18, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2013, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 4:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Grayson County, VA, Smyth County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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 May 18, 5:27 AM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 5:27 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 319 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013 NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-181930- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 319 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY INTO MONDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LOCALLY STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045-181930- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 319 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR SATURDAY INTO MONDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR THAT COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF MINOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN STEEPER TERRAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 63 min |
| May 17, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 47 min |
| May 17, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 53 min |
| May 17, 11:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 61 min |
| May 17, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 58 min |
| May 18, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 60 min |
| May 18, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 29 min |
| May 18, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 33 min |
| May 17, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 65 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2013Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2013Every 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.