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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 10, 201914 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 10, 2019, 3:47 AM EDT for 14 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 10, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2019, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 10, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 10, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 9, 7:42 PM EDT, 8 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:42 PM EDT, 8 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:14 PM EDT, 12 hours 33 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
Jun 9, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	52 min
Jun 9, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox, Charlotte, Halifax	56 min
Jun 10, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Grayson	4 hr
Jun 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	65 min
Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Montgomery, City of Radford	58 min
Jun 10, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	58 min
Jun 10, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	58 min
Jun 10, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	88 min
Jun 9, 8:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Ashe	12 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.