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Flood Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at Feb 6, 2025, 3:36 AM EST for 4 counties in West Virginia. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2025, 3:36 AM EST (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Feb 6, 3:36 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:36 AM EST, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 4:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 9:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Rockbridge | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bath | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 10:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 4 more | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 11:39 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bland, Smyth, Tazewell, Wythe | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, City of Radford, City of Roanoke and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 1:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 2:32 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bath | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 3:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson, City of Galax | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 5:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 4:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Monroe, Summers | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 5:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 8:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 8:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Greenbrier, Summers | 54 min |
| Feb 6, 2:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 6 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.