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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Blacksburg, VA

May 19, 2018Campbell County, Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2018, 8:31 AM EDT for Campbell County, Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2018, 8:31 AM EDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2018, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Roanoke River at Brookneal (BROV2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02062500, 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 May 19, 6:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 6:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 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
May 18, 9:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Patrick	6 hr
May 18, 9:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	6 hr
May 18, 9:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania, City of Danville	42 hr
May 18, 9:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	63 hr
May 18, 9:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	6 hr
May 18, 9:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Carroll, Patrick	6 hr
May 18, 10:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	6 hr
May 19, 3:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Grayson	2 hr
May 19, 4:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	116 min
May 19, 4:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Buckingham	3 hr
May 19, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Giles, Pulaski, City of Radford	62 min
May 19, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	50 min
May 19, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	38 min
May 19, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe	66 min
May 19, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	31 min
May 19, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	49 min
May 19, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles, Pulaski	44 min
May 19, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	27 min
May 19, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	46 min
May 19, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	43 min
May 19, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	41 min
May 19, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	63 min
May 18, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Stokes	6 hr
May 18, 9:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	6 hr
May 19, 1:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	64 min
May 19, 2:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Wilkes	4 hr
May 19, 3:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe, Watauga	6 hr
May 19, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.