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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Blacksburg, VA

July 13, 2026Alleghany County, Surry County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2026, 4:55 AM EDT for Alleghany County, Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 10 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, 2026, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Surry County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2026-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2026-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 1:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:14 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
414 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026

VAZ018>020-023-024-035-047-WVZ043-044-507-508-140815-
Craig-Alleghany VA-Bath-Botetourt-Rockbridge-Amherst-Buckingham-
Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-Western Greenbrier-
414 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>017-022-032>034-043>046-058-059-WVZ042-
140815-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Caswell-Watauga-Wilkes-
Yadkin-Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-
Carroll-Floyd-Roanoke-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Henry-Pittsylvania-
Campbell-Appomattox-Halifax-Charlotte-Mercer-
414 AM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026

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

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 11:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 11:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKGrayson6 hr
Jul 13, 3:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRNKGrayson15 hr
Jul 13, 12:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKWilkes3 hr
Jul 13, 6:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKSurry, Wilkes8 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2026Every flash flood warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.