Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2013
River Flood Warning 43, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2013, 9:10 AM EST for Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 24, 2013, 9:25 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2013, 9:10 AM EST (14:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2013, 9:25 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2013, 12:48 PM EST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Halifax County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Dan River at South Boston (SBNV2). The gauge peaked at 21.30 ft at Dec 25, 2013, 2:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 22 ft
- Moderate stage
- 29 ft
- Major stage
- 34 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02076000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.