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Flood Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 8, 201331 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 9:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRNKCampbell, Charlotte, Halifax13 hr
May 7, 9:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax53 hr
May 7, 10:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRNKAlbemarle, Buckingham18 hr
May 7, 10:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRNKAlleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig10 hr
May 8, 3:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningRNKHalifax16 hr
May 8, 8:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRNKBotetourt8 hr
May 7, 9:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningRNKGreenbrier, Monroe, Summers6 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.