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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 30, 2015, 3:29 PM EST for Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 30, 2015, 10:35 PM EST. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2015, 3:29 PM EST (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2015, 10:35 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2016, 2:48 PM EST
- In force
- 40 hr
- 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 20:32 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 19.34 ft at Dec 31, 2015, 7:00 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 10:12 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 8 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:45 AM EST | Flood Watch | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 14 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 71 min |
| Dec 30, 10:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 58 min |
| Dec 30, 11:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Yadkin | 4 hr |
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.