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Flood Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 29, 202027 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at Apr 29, 2020, 4:44 AM EDT for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 29, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2020, 4:44 AM EDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2020, 10:03 AM EDT
In force: 15 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 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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 flood watch went out at Apr 29, 2:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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