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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 3, 20155 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 3, 2015, 2:33 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jul 3, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2015, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 3, 2015, 7:10 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

Counties Bland County, VA, Giles County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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 2, 3:20 PM EDT, 23 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:20 PM EDT, 23 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:35 PM EDT, 22 hours 58 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 3, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	54 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	37 min
Jul 3, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	50 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2015 Every flash flood watch in 2015

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.