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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Jan 9, 2024, 3:16 PM EST for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 3:43 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2024, 3:16 PM EST (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2024, 3:43 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Wilkes County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 Yadkin River at Wilkesboro (WKSN7).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02112000, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 12:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Wythe, City of Galax | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Patrick, City of Galax | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 1:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 1:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 49 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 4 days |
| Jan 9, 1:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 69 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Giles, Grayson, Pulaski, Smyth and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 33 min |
| Jan 9, 2:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 66 min |
| Jan 9, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania | 36 min |
| Jan 9, 2:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:35 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:50 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax | 28 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jan 9, 2:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:59 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 67 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 52 min |
| Jan 9, 3:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 63 min |
| Jan 9, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 24 min |
| Jan 9, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 21 min |
| Jan 9, 5:37 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 18 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:10 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 17 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 32 min |
| Jan 9, 1:04 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 5 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.