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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 23, 2015Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2015, 8:22 PM EST for Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 23, 2015, 10:25 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2015, 8:22 PM EST (01:22 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2015, 10:25 PM EST
Expired
Dec 27, 2015, 4:56 PM EST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Dan River at South Boston (SBNV2).

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Dec 23, 7:29 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 7:29 PM EST, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 7:01 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 23, 4:30 PM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 23, 5:04 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 23, 5:33 PM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 3:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax55 hr
Dec 24, 4:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchRNKCarroll, Charlotte, Grayson, Halifax, Henry, Patrick and 5 more42 hr
Dec 24, 5:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCarroll, Grayson, Wythe45 min
Dec 24, 7:33 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCharlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville57 min
Dec 24, 7:47 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRNKGrayson6 hr
Dec 24, 8:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax6 hr
Dec 24, 9:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville49 hr
Dec 24, 9:01 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningRNKHalifax72 hr
Dec 24, 10:21 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKCity of Danville3 hr
Dec 24, 10:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCharlotte, Halifax, City of Danville61 min
Dec 24, 11:47 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville9 hr
Dec 24, 2:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Danville30 min
Dec 24, 2:33 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 20 more31 hr
Dec 24, 2:45 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningRNKCharlotte, Halifax9 hr
Dec 24, 7:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKWilkes63 min
Dec 24, 9:49 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKAshe, Watauga6 hr
Dec 24, 2:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRNKRockingham28 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2015Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.