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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 9, 2019Pittsylvania County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jun 9, 2019, 5:27 AM EDT for Pittsylvania County, Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2019, 5:27 AM EDT (09:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2019, 11:42 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Pittsylvania County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pigg River near Sandy Level (SANV2).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02058400, 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 Jun 9, 3:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 12:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 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 8, 8:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Grayson	6 hr
Jun 8, 9:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Franklin	3 hr
Jun 9, 12:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	51 min
Jun 9, 2:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Grayson	9 hr
Jun 9, 3:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Pittsylvania	6 hr
Jun 9, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville	5 hr
Jun 9, 3:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Halifax	28 hr
Jun 9, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	62 min
Jun 8, 8:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Wilkes	6 hr
Jun 9, 1:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	12 hr
Jun 9, 11:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Ashe, Wilkes	9 hr
Jun 9, 1:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2019 Every 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.