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River Flood Warning 82, NWS Blacksburg, VA

December 5, 2020Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 5, 2020, 8:15 PM EST for Charlotte County, Halifax County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 6, 2020, 12:45 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 2020, 8:15 PM EST (01:15 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2020, 12:45 AM EST
Expired
Dec 6, 2020, 7:39 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Charlotte County, VA, Halifax County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Roanoke River at Randolph (RNDV2). The gauge peaked at 23.64 ft at Dec 6, 2020, 9:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02066000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2020Every 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.