Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches in 2013
Flood Watch 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at Jan 15, 2013, 4:31 AM EST for 23 counties in Virginia; 7 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2013, 4:31 AM EST (09:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2013, 10:48 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
All 33 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, 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, Henry County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke 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), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jan 14, 11:55 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 11:55 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 18 hr |
| Jan 15, 6:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson, City of Galax | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 6:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in Virginia, 2013Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2013Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2013Every 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.