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Flood Watch 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 22, 2026Tazewell County, Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at Jun 22, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT for Tazewell County, Virginia; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 22, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 23, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Flood severity: None

Counties Tazewell County, VA, 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 07:01 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 Jun 21, 7:34 PM EDT, 7 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:34 PM EDT, 7 hours 26 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
Jun 22, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	21 min
Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Bath	107 min
Jun 22, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Roanoke	23 min
Jun 22, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	40 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	45 min
Jun 22, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	50 min
Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Montgomery and 5 more	60 min
Jun 22, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	12 min
Jun 22, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	36 min
Jun 22, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford, City of Roanoke	27 min
Jun 22, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania	46 min
Jun 22, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	39 min
Jun 22, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville	66 min
Jun 22, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Charlotte	18 min
Jun 22, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista and 2 more	83 min
Jun 22, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	78 min
Jun 22, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville	55 min
Jun 22, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	51 min
Jun 22, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	69 min
Jun 22, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt, City of Covington	50 min
Jun 22, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wilkes	35 min
Jun 22, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	67 min
Jun 22, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Yadkin	41 min
Jun 22, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe	23 min
Jun 22, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	37 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe, Summers	42 min
Jun 22, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Greenbrier, Monroe	33 min
Jun 22, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Summers	55 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.