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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 13, 2025Amherst County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2025, 1:10 PM EDT for Amherst 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 13, 2025, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2025, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Amherst County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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 13, 9:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 9:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:41 AM EDT, 9 hours 29 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 13, 11:28 AM EDT	Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 11 more	9 hr
Jul 13, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	16 min
Jul 13, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	14 min
Jul 13, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	27 min
Jul 13, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	20 min
Jul 13, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	18 min
Jul 13, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	46 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	26 min
Jul 13, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	23 min
Jul 13, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	27 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	34 min
Jul 13, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	24 min
Jul 13, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	44 min
Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bath	30 min
Jul 13, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	33 min
Jul 13, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	27 min
Jul 13, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Roanoke	67 min
Jul 13, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	32 min
Jul 13, 6:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Wilkes	108 min

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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.