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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 18, 2020Botetourt County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2020, 6:19 AM EDT for Botetourt County, Virginia. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2020, 6:19 AM EDT (10:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Botetourt County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point James River (VA) at Lick Run (LIRV2). The gauge peaked at 16.33 ft at Jun 18, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02016500, 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 18, 3:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 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 17, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	32 min
Jun 17, 8:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery and 3 more	17 hr
Jun 17, 9:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington	6 hr
Jun 17, 10:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	5 hr
Jun 18, 12:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Pulaski, Wythe	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Giles	117 min
Jun 18, 3:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Botetourt	113 min
Jun 18, 4:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	RNK	Botetourt	22 hr
Jun 18, 5:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Giles	6 hr
Jun 18, 6:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Montgomery	4 hr
Jun 18, 10:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bath	3 hr
Jun 18, 11:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Giles	5 hr
Jun 18, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Bath	5 hr
Jun 18, 4:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 18, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	27 min
Jun 18, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	30 min
Jun 18, 4:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Tazewell	5 hr
Jun 18, 6:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Smyth, Tazewell	2 hr
Jun 18, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	27 min
Jun 18, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	25 min
Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Monroe	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2020 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.