Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2019
River Flood Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
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.
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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.
- 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 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 7:53 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Wythe | 112 min |
| Jan 19, 9:53 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Wythe | 3 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:16 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 29 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 19, 11:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockingham | 3 hr |
| Jan 19, 8:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers | 3 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.