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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 22, 2024Carroll County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2024, 2:12 PM EDT for Carroll County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2024, 2:12 PM EDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2024, 5:56 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Carroll County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 22, 11:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 11:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:37 AM EDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 10:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:50 PM EDT, 22 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
Jul 22, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	25 min
Jul 22, 2:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	33 min
Jul 22, 3:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	30 min
Jul 22, 3:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Charlotte	3 hr
Jul 22, 6:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, City of Roanoke	27 min
Jul 22, 10:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	31 min
Jul 22, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	25 min
Jul 22, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Giles	47 min
Jul 22, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery	45 min
Jul 22, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Roanoke, City of Salem	38 min
Jul 22, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, City of Radford, City of Salem	62 min
Jul 22, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	49 min
Jul 21, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Yadkin	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany	31 min
Jul 22, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	29 min
Jul 22, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe	3 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.