Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches in 2013
Flood Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at May 8, 2013, 10:19 AM EDT for 31 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2013, 10:19 AM EDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2013, 3:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, 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, 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 May 7, 7:24 PM EDT, 14 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:24 PM EDT, 14 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 3:49 PM EDT, 18 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013 VAZ013-014-016>020-022>024-032>035-082000- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE- BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON WEDNESDAY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM DIMES TO QUARTERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ009-012-015-082000- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-SMYTH-WYTHE-GRAYSON- 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WHILE CREEK...STREAM...AND RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVERALL TODAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO PASS OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS REPEATEDLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON WEDNESDAY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM DIMES TO QUARTERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-082000- STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-YADKIN-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL- APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 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. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND MAY CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RISE TO BANKFULL QUICKLY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON WEDNESDAY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM DIMES TO QUARTERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ007-010-011-WVZ042>045-082000- TAZEWELL-BLAND-GILES-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 349 PM EDT TUE MAY 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO PASS OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS REPEATEDLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON WEDNESDAY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM DIMES TO QUARTERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 13 hr |
| May 7, 9:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 53 hr |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Albemarle, Buckingham | 18 hr |
| May 7, 10:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig | 10 hr |
| May 8, 3:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 16 hr |
| May 8, 8:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 8 hr |
| May 7, 9:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 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.