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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA

February 15, 2025Tazewell County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this river flood warning at Feb 15, 2025, 2:47 PM EST for Tazewell County, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 15, 2025, 3:56 PM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2025, 2:47 PM EST (19:47 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 15, 2025, 3:56 PM EST
Expired: Feb 16, 2025, 5:27 PM EST
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Tazewell County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Clinch River near Richlands (RLRV2).

Action stage: 7.5 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03521500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Feb 15, 9:58 AM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 9:58 AM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 7:31 AM EST, 7 hours 16 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
731 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

NCZ003-019-161245-
Surry-Wilkes-
731 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina
and northwest North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Blustery conditions with much colder air comes in for Sunday night
and Monday.

Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ011-013>020-022>024-035-WVZ043-044-507-508-161245-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Watauga-Giles-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-
Floyd-Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Roanoke-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Amherst-
Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
731 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest North Carolina,
central Virginia, southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and
southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.
   Winter Weather Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.
   High Wind Watch.

Blustery conditions with much colder air comes in for Sunday night
and Monday.

Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

NCZ004>006-020-VAZ043>047-058-059-161245-
Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Yadkin-Henry-Pittsylvania-Campbell-
Appomattox-Buckingham-Halifax-Charlotte-
731 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, central Virginia and south central
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Blustery conditions with much colder air comes in for Sunday night
and Monday.

Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

VAZ010-012-WVZ042-161245-
Bland-Wythe-Mercer-
731 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia and
southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.
   High Wind Watch.

Blustery conditions with much colder air comes in for Sunday night
and Monday.

Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

VAZ032>034-161245-
Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-
731 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Virginia,
southwest Virginia and west central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Winter Weather Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   High Wind Watch.

Blustery conditions with much colder air comes in for Sunday night
and Monday.

Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

VAZ007-009-161245-
Tazewell-Smyth-
731 AM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

Blustery conditions with much colder air comes in for Sunday night
and Monday.

Another winter storm system may impact the region Wednesday and
Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are requested to report hail of any size, as well
as any damage caused by thunderstorm winds in their area.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:36 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:55 PM EST, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 15, 2:07 PM EST, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 15, 2:10 PM EST, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
210 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     Landslide        1 SSE Hix               37.71N 80.81W
02/15/2025                   Summers            WV   Emergency Mngr

            Rockslide along Elk Knob Road.

&&

VFJ

Local storm report, Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 15, 2:45 PM EST, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
245 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     Flood            1 NE Ceres              37.31N 81.14W
02/15/2025                   Mercer             WV   Broadcast Media

            South Fork Brush Creek is overflowing its
            banks and flooding Blue Prince Road in Green
            Valley.

&&

PW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 15, 4:23 AM EST	High Wind Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 19 more	11 hr
Feb 15, 1:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bland, Craig, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke and 6 more	4 hr
Feb 15, 1:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Tazewell	6 hr
Feb 15, 1:34 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	6 hr
Feb 15, 1:39 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 1 more	6 hr
Feb 15, 1:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, Smyth and 4 more	6 hr
Feb 15, 2:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Franklin, Patrick, City of Galax	6 hr
Feb 15, 2:57 PM EST	Wind Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 31 more	38 hr
Feb 15, 3:48 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Smyth, Tazewell	13 hr
Feb 15, 4:40 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Bland, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, Wythe and 3 more	6 hr
Feb 15, 4:43 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more	6 hr
Feb 15, 4:57 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem	27 hr
Feb 15, 5:19 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	RNK	Tazewell	15 hr
Feb 15, 5:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	6 hr
Feb 15, 6:01 PM EST	River Flood Warning	RNK	Smyth	16 hr
Feb 15, 3:33 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	RNK	Mercer, Summers	16 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.