Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2020
River Flood Warning 11, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2020, 1:48 AM EST for Pulaski County, Wythe County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2020, 1:48 AM EST (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Pulaski County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 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 river
Written for the forecast point New River at Allisonia (ALSV2).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 17 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03168000, 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 Feb 7, 1:01 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 1:01 AM EST, 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 10:26 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Blacksburg VA 1026 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020 VAZ007-WVZ042-043-508-071200- Tazewell-Mercer-Summers-Western Greenbrier- 1026 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. Light snow is expected at higher elevations Friday and Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ015>017-071200- Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Grayson-Carroll-Floyd- 1026 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ003>006-019-020-VAZ032>035-043>047-058-059-071200- Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Wilkes-Yadkin-Patrick-Franklin- Bedford-Amherst-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-Appomattox-Buckingham- Halifax-Charlotte- 1026 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... 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...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ009>014-018>020-022>024-WVZ044-507-071200- Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath- Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier- 1026 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Wind Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 6, 9:09 PM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
909 PM EST THU FEB 6 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0103 PM FLASH FLOOD PRINCETON 37.37N 81.10W
02/06/2020 MERCER WV 911 CALL CENTER
FLOODING COUNTYWIDE. MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS
OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
1033 AM DEBRIS FLOW 1 SSW CERES 37.29N 81.16W
02/06/2020 MERCER WV BROADCAST MEDIA
MUDSLIDE REPORTED ALONG INGLESIDE RD JUST
OUTSIDE OF THE BLUEFIELD, WV CITY LIMITS.
1245 PM FLOOD LEWISBURG 37.80N 80.45W
02/06/2020 GREENBRIER WV 911 CALL CENTER
MULTIPLE CREEKS ARE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR
BANKS ACROSS ALL OF GREENBRIER COUNTY. ROADS
ARE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN THE
COMMUNITIES OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
LEWISBURG AND CRAWLEY.
1037 AM FLOOD 3 WSW ASBURY 37.79N 80.62W
02/06/2020 GREENBRIER WV TRAINED SPOTTER
BLUE SULPHUR SPRINGS RD IS UNDERWATER WHERE
IT PASSES OVER MUDDY CREEK.
0400 PM FLOOD 3 S RURAL RETREAT 36.86N 81.28W
02/06/2020 WYTHE VA 911 CALL CENTER
FAIRVIEW CHURCH ROAD FLOODED FROM SOUTH FORK
REED CREEK. STONEY FORK ROAD FLOODED FROM
STONEY FORK CREEK. MILLERS CREEK ROAD
FLOODED FROM MILLERS CREEK. FIRST REPORT
RECEIVED AT 9:15 AM EST.
0509 PM FLOOD 1 SW RICHLANDS 37.09N 81.81W
02/06/2020 TAZEWELL VA PUBLIC
NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OF
THE CLINCH RIVER. SECOND STREET AND THE
DALTON ADDITION BRIDGE ARE CLOSED. SEVERAL
BASEMENTS, AND POSSIBLY HOUSES, ARE FLOODING
AT THE END OF FAIRFAX AVENUE AND SURROUNDING
STREETS. CRITTERVILLE/WILLIAMS PARK IS UNDER
WATER AT THIS TIME, AND WATER HAS REACHED
THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
0240 PM FLOOD 1 W CEDAR BLUFF 37.09N 81.78W
02/06/2020 TAZEWELL VA PUBLIC
CLINCH RIVER FLOODING ALONG EDGEWATER AND
INDIAN SPRINGS DRIVE.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD RICHLANDS 37.10N 81.80W
02/06/2020 TAZEWELL VA 911 CALL CENTER
NUMEROUS STREETS ARE FLOODED IN TOWN, WITH
WATER LEVELS CONTINUING TO RISE RAPIDLY.
0212 PM FLOOD MARION 36.83N 81.50W
02/06/2020 SMYTH VA EMERGENCY MNGR
50 ROADS IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED ACROSS SMYTH
COUNTY.
1000 AM FLASH FLOOD MARION 36.83N 81.50W
02/06/2020 SMYTH VA 911 CALL CENTER
NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE
TO FLOODING, INCLUDING IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
RURAL RETREAT, SUGAR GROVE AND IN SALTVILLE.
1130 AM FLOOD 1 ESE PULASKI 37.05N 80.79W
02/06/2020 PULASKI VA BROADCAST MEDIA
PEAK CREEK FLOODING PART OF RT 640.
0200 PM FLASH FLOOD CHATHAM 36.82N 79.40W
02/06/2020 PITTSYLVANIA VA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
THE VIRGINIA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY.
1200 PM FLASH FLOOD SOUTH BOSTON 36.70N 78.91W
02/06/2020 HALIFAX VA PUBLIC
POPLAR CREEK FLOODING SUMMIT DRIVE NEAR
INTERSECTION OF RAILROAD AVE.
0954 AM FLOOD PEMBROKE 37.32N 80.64W
02/06/2020 GILES VA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
US 460 CLOSED DUE TO WASHOUT NEAR PEMBROKE.
REPORTED BY VDOT.
0531 PM FLOOD 4 SSW ROCKY MOUNT 36.95N 79.92W
02/06/2020 FRANKLIN VA BROADCAST MEDIA
WATER FLOWING OVER RURITAN ROAD FROM STORY
CREEK.
1206 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 S BLAIRS 36.64N 79.39W
02/06/2020 PITTSYLVANIA VA PUBLIC
STREET FLOODED. VEHICLES STRANDED.
1125 AM DEBRIS FLOW DANVILLE CITY 36.59N 79.42W
02/06/2020 CITY OF DANVILLE VA BROADCAST MEDIA
LOCATED ALONG MEMORIAL DRIVE NEAR PRIMROSE
PL.
1149 AM FLOOD 3 NNE CLEAR FORK 37.25N 81.18W
02/06/2020 BLAND VA PUBLIC
BASEMENT FLOODED UP ON EAST RIVER MOUNTAIN
WITH A LOT OF WATER STREAMING DOWN THE
HILLSIDE.
0245 PM FLASH FLOOD YADKINVILLE 36.13N 80.66W
02/06/2020 YADKIN NC 911 CALL CENTER
THE YADKIN COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED
MULTIPLE ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE
TO FLOODING. SEVERAL CREEKS HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED FLOWING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
0145 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 WNW WILKESBORO 36.15N 81.17W
02/06/2020 WILKES NC 911 CALL CENTER
ARBOR ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0304 PM FLASH FLOOD DOBSON 36.39N 80.72W
02/06/2020 SURRY NC 911 CALL CENTER
THE SURRY COUNTY 911 CALL CENTER REPORTED
NUMEROUS CREEKS CURRENTLY OUT OF THEIR BANKS
ACROSS THE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED
ACROSS THE COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING.
1200 PM FLOOD 1 NE DOBSON 36.40N 80.72W
02/06/2020 SURRY NC EMERGENCY MNGR
RADAR ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM
THE ARARAT RIVER. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED
ALONG STEWARTS CREEK, CODY CREEK AND FISHER
RIVER.
1146 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NNW KING 36.31N 80.37W
02/06/2020 STOKES NC 911 CALL CENTER
DANBURY CREEK FLOODING GOFF ROAD.
1140 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE PINE HALL 36.33N 80.05W
02/06/2020 STOKES NC 911 CALL CENTER
EURINS CREEK FLOODING PINE HALL ROAD.
1215 PM FLASH FLOOD WENTWORTH 36.40N 79.77W
02/06/2020 ROCKINGHAM NC 911 CALL CENTER
10-15 ROADS CLOSED IN THE COUNTY DUE TO
FLASH FLOODING.
1255 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W SEMORA 36.50N 79.18W
02/06/2020 CASWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
ONE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON YARBOROUGHS MILL
ROAD.
1245 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE BETHEL 36.42N 79.40W
02/06/2020 CASWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE BLOWN DOWN ON PALLIE WATLINGTON ROAD.
1237 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE QUICK 36.37N 79.43W
02/06/2020 CASWELL NC 911 CALL CENTER
TREE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 150.
1050 AM FLOOD 5 N WAGONER 36.48N 81.40W
02/06/2020 ASHE NC PUBLIC
WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 16 BETWEEN
CRUMPLER AND JEFFERSON.
&&
RCSLocal storm report, Feb 7, 12:49 AM EST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1249 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0449 PM FLOOD BLUEWELL 37.32N 81.26W
02/06/2020 MERCER WV PUBLIC
WATER FROM LORTON LICK FLOWING OVER LORTON
LICK ROAD, MAKING IT IMPASSIBLE.
&&
VFJLocal storm report, Feb 7, 1:30 AM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
130 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM FLOOD 3 NNW CLIMAX 36.93N 79.52W
02/06/2020 PITTSYLVANIA VA 911 CALL CENTER
HARPEN CREEK FLOODED SNOWBERRY ROAD.
&&Local storm report, Feb 7, 1:39 AM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
139 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM FLOOD 2 SSW INGRAM 36.72N 79.17W
02/06/2020 HALIFAX VA 911 CALL CENTER
BIRCH ELMO ROAD FLOODED.
&&Local storm report, Feb 7, 1:43 AM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
143 AM EST FRI FEB 7 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 PM FLOOD 3 SSW WREN 37.08N 78.87W
02/06/2020 CHARLOTTE VA 911 CALL CENTER
TURNIP CREEK ROAD FLOODED.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 7:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 18 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Wythe | 15 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:40 PM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Giles, Pulaski, City of Radford | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 3 days |
| Feb 6, 10:17 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania | 22 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 64 min |
| Feb 7, 3:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Franklin, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Covington, City of Radford and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Giles, Pulaski, City of Radford | 9 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, City of Galax | 7 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Grayson | 20 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 7, 5:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Buena Vista | 45 min |
| Feb 7, 5:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin, Patrick | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 6:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 6:27 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Montgomery, Pulaski, City of Radford | 22 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 17 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Botetourt, Craig, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 17 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:05 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 15 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 12 hr |
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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.