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Flood Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

November 13, 201812 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at Nov 13, 2018, 3:25 PM EST for 12 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 14, 2018, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2018, 3:25 PM EST (20:25 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 14, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 15, 2018, 2:51 PM EST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

All 21 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 Nov 13, 12:56 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 12:56 PM EST, 2 hours 29 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
Nov 12, 8:25 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	49 hr
Nov 12, 8:25 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	5 days
Nov 12, 8:25 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	6 days
Nov 12, 9:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Nov 13, 2:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	3 days
Nov 13, 3:15 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
Nov 13, 9:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Halifax	117 min
Nov 13, 3:35 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more	24 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Virginia, 2018 Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

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.