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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 5, 202027 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 5, 2020, 5:08 AM EDT for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jun 5, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2020, 5:08 AM EDT (09:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2020, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 5, 2020, 8:01 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

All 36 counties

Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 5, 3:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 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 4, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	47 min
Jun 4, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	45 min
Jun 4, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	47 min
Jun 4, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge	61 min
Jun 4, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	25 min
Jun 5, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	24 min
Jun 5, 1:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	26 min
Jun 5, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Roanoke	34 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig	25 min
Jun 5, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Salem	36 min
Jun 5, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Craig, Roanoke	34 min
Jun 5, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	35 min
Jun 5, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	32 min
Jun 5, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	30 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge	45 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Floyd, Franklin	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford	49 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	45 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Wilkes	2 hr
Jun 5, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	29 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2020 Every 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.