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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 20, 2019Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jan 20, 2019, 11:10 AM EST for Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Jan 21, 2019, 9:34 AM EST. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2019, 11:10 AM EST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 21, 2019, 9:34 AM EST
Expired
Jan 21, 2019, 11:28 AM EST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Dan River at South Boston (SBNV2). The gauge peaked at 17.96 ft at Jan 21, 2019, 9:00 AM EST.

actionminormoderate1520253001/2001/2101/22
Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02076000, 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 Jan 20, 10:24 AM EST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 10:24 AM EST, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 4:08 AM EST, 7 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
408 AM EST Sun Jan 20 2019

VAZ007-009>014-018>020-023-024-032>035-045-046-WVZ042>044-507-508-
210915-
Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Craig-
Alleghany VA-Bath-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-
Amherst-Campbell-Appomattox-Mercer-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-
Western Greenbrier-
408 AM EST Sun Jan 20 2019

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, south
central Virginia, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and
southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-022-210915-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Roanoke-
408 AM EST Sun Jan 20 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina,
southwest Virginia and west central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   High Wind Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   High Wind Warning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ043-044-047-058-059-210915-
Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Wilkes-Yadkin-Henry-Pittsylvania-
Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
408 AM EST Sun Jan 20 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, central Virginia and south central
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 20, 9:47 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 20, 10:57 AM EST, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 7:53 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKBland, Smyth, Wythe112 min
Jan 19, 9:53 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKBland, Smyth, Wythe3 hr
Jan 20, 12:16 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryRNKAlleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more24 hr
Jan 19, 11:01 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKRockingham3 hr
Jan 19, 8:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKGreenbrier, Monroe, Summers3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2019Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.