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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Blacksburg, VA

September 17, 2024Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Sep 17, 2024, 10:11 PM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 18, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2024, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 18, 2024, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2024, 7:48 PM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Rockingham County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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 Dan River near Wentworth (WENN7).

Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 2071000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 11:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningRNKRockingham6 hr
Sep 18, 12:23 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningRNKStokes, Surry6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.