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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this areal flood warning at May 5, 2017, 2:16 AM EDT for 6 counties in Virginia; Alleghany County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2017, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2017, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Surry County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at May 5, 1:48 AM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:48 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 8:19 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 4, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 3 more | 87 min |
| May 4, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax | 57 min |
| May 5, 3:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 54 min |
| May 5, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 60 min |
| May 5, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 59 min |
| May 5, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 65 min |
| May 5, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 42 min |
| May 5, 5:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell | 58 min |
| May 5, 7:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 6 hr |
| May 5, 7:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Lexington | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista | 6 hr |
| May 5, 2:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 64 hr |
| May 5, 2:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 32 hr |
| May 5, 2:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 48 hr |
| May 4, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 71 min |
| May 5, 12:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 6 hr |
| May 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 53 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2017Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017
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.