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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 6, 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 6, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jul 6, 2013, 8:53 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2013, 8:53 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2013, 9:04 PM EDT
In force: 24 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 20:03 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 6, 3:55 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:55 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:45 AM EDT, 11 hours 15 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 5, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	43 min
Jul 6, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Watauga	43 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.