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Flood Watch 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 20, 20166 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at Feb 20, 2016, 3:40 PM EST for 6 counties in Virginia; Greenbrier County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 21, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2016, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 21, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Bath County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 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 flood watch went out at Feb 20, 1:27 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 1:27 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 3:27 PM EST, 13 minutes before

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Nearby

Flood Watches in Virginia, 2016 Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2016 Every flood watch in 2016

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.