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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2019, 11:47 PM EDT for Carroll County, Grayson County, City of Galax, Virginia. It took effect at Apr 20, 2019, 5:51 AM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2019, 11:47 PM EDT (03:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2019, 5:51 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2019, 3:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Grayson County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point New River at Galax (GAXV2). The gauge peaked at 6.82 ft at Apr 20, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 11 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03164000, 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 Apr 19, 7:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 348 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019 NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-202000- Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Wilkes-Yadkin-Roanoke-Botetourt- Rockbridge-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania- Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte- 348 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019 ...TORNADO WATCH 88 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina, northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia, southwest Virginia and west central Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. In addition, localized flash flooding will be possible due to heavy rain from showers and thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>044-507-508-202000- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski- Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Mercer- Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier- 348 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PW
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 19, 9:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Pulaski, City of Radford | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 32 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 6 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.