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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 5, 201516 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 5, 2015, 4:35 AM EDT for 16 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jul 5, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2015, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 5, 1:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:58 PM EDT, 12 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:53 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 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 4, 11:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	3 hr
Jul 5, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	34 min
Jul 5, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	70 min
Jul 5, 3:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	City of Danville	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Martinsville	35 min
Jul 5, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania	54 min
Jul 5, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	24 min
Jul 5, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	36 min
Jul 5, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	35 min
Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	63 min
Jul 5, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	32 min
Jul 5, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	34 min
Jul 5, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	27 min
Jul 5, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	31 min
Jul 5, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Grayson	24 min
Jul 5, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	29 min
Jul 5, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	27 min
Jul 5, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	56 min
Jul 5, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	27 min
Jul 5, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	25 min
Jul 5, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	34 min
Jul 5, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	33 min
Jul 5, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	31 min
Jul 5, 7:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Tazewell	6 hr
Jul 5, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	34 min
Jul 5, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	33 min
Jul 5, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	32 min
Jul 5, 12:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	52 min
Jul 5, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	47 min
Jul 5, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	33 min
Jul 5, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	29 min
Jul 5, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	39 min
Jul 5, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Caswell	36 min
Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	55 min
Jul 5, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	29 min
Jul 5, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Mercer	29 min

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.