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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 28, 2020, 2:13 PM EDT for 13 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2020, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
All 21 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Bland County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Radford, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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 office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, City of Buena Vista | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Rockingham | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Summers | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier | 45 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2020Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2020Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2020Every flash flood watch in 2020
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.