Runoff from the 2 to 4 inches of rainfall in the Dan River basin on June 3-4 caused the Dan River to flood from below Paces downstream through South Boston.
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Runoff from the 2 to 4 inches of rainfall in the Dan River basin on June 3-4 caused the Dan River to flood from below Paces downstream through South Boston.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 5, 11:51 AM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1251 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TO THE VIRGINIA COAST THIS AFTERNOON TAKING THE FRONT WITH IT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY...THE WINDS WILL BE TURNING BACK TO THE SOUTH AND WHILE A BACK DOOR FRONT EDGES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... HAVE LET THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WATCH DIE A NATURAL DEATH AT NOON EDT. LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURES SHOWING WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE SWIRL CONTINUING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH THROUGH THE GREENSBORO AREA. AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL CLIP OUR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF DANVILLE INTO MID AFTERNOON...BUT ANY FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE LIMITED TO PORTIONS OF ONLY A COUPLE OF COUNTIES (IF ISSUED AT ALL)...SO LARGE AREAL FLOOD WATCH NO LONGER NEEDED. LARGE AREA OF STRATIFORM RAIN ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF SYSTEM IN DEFORMATION ZONE HAS ALREADY CLEARED THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST AND OUT SOUTHWESTERN HALF BY MID AFTERNOON...BUT PROBABLY NOT MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING WITH PASSAGE OF THE SHORT WAVE. EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE BLACKSBURG FORECAST AREA...RAINFALL RATES HAVE NOW DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR...AND ASSOCIAED RUNOFF SUFFICIENT TO KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGH ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO INCREASE LEVELS FROM CURRENT READINGS. ALL SMALLER WATERWAYS THAT ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ARE ALREADY UNDER A FLOOD WARNING...AND NO NEW ONES LIKELY TO RISE ABOVE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY. HOWEVER...CONTRIBUTION OF RUNOFF FROM STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL RESULT IN SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS ON SOME OF THE LARGER RIVERS WELL INTO THE WEEKEND...MOST NOTABLY ALONG THE DAN RIVER. WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND SOME INCREASING LOW LEVEL COOL AIR ADVECTION ON BACKSIDE OF SHORT WAVE...TEMPERATURES WILL NOT RISE MUCH DURING THE DAY...AND LOWERED FORECASTED HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WHERE WINDS ARE ALREADY OUT OF THE NORTH AS THE COOL WEDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE AREA. TONIGHT...THE ECMWF LINGERS THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST WITH PRECIP SHIELD STAYING CLOSE TO THE SOUTHSIDE VA/NW NC PIEDMONT. LEFT LOW CHANCE POPS HERE IN THE EVENING TO SLIGHT CHANCE OVERNIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. OTHERWISE...SHOULD SEE CLEARING SKIES AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. WITH MOISTURE REMAINING HIGH AT THE SFC...AND LIGHT WINDS/CLEARING SKIES...WILL SEE AREAS OF FOG ACROSS THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE MTNS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL AGAIN BE CLOSE TO MAV/LOCAL MOS...MAINLY 50S...WITH LOWER 60S SOUTHSIDE. && .SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... SATURDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL STAY FIXED ACROSS FL/SRN GA WITH MAIN INFLUENCE STAYING ALONG THE COAST OF VA/NC/SC...WITH WEAK RIDGING MOVING OVERHEAD. WILL STILL SEE SOME CU FORMING DURING THE DAY SINCE LOW LVLS REMAIN SOMEWHAT MOIST...AND SFC TO 8H FLOW WILL BE OFF FROM THE EAST...BUT OVERALL SHOULD SEE MORE SUN THAN CLOUDS. SFC HIGH WILL MOVE EAST SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AS BACKDOOR FRONT TRIES TO PUSH INTO THE MID ATLANTIC WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY SLIPPING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SEEMS THE AREA WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS WITH THE UPPER LOW OVER THE FL/SE COAST AND SRN EDGE OF WESTERLIES PUSHING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. THE SFC/LOW LVL FLOW WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY SUNDAY...AND MOISTURE COVERGENCE DEPICTED BY THE MODELS SHOULD SETUP SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EVEN INTO SE WV CLOSE TO THE FRONT. TEMPS WILL WARM AGAIN INTO THE 80S WITH DEWPOINTS STARTING TO JUMP INTO THE 60S. SUNDAY NIGHT DRIES OUT WITH MAIN BATCH OF PRECIP STAYING NORTH ALONG THE FRONT IN THE OHIO VALLEY TO MID ATLANTIC. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A TROUGH OF VARYING STRENGTH WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST. AN UPPER RIDGE TOUCHING SOUTHERN TEXAS...AND A CLOSED UPPER LOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL KEEP A FAST ZONAL FLOW IN PLACE...WITH SHRTWVS EJECTED FROM THE WEST COAST TROUGH. EVENTUALLY...A COLD FRONT WHICH IS FORECASTED TO SAG INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC MIDWEEK WILL BECOME STATIONARY OVER OUR REGION. WITH TSTORMS POPPING UP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND MORE NUMEROUS SHWS AND STORMS ONCE THE FRONT HALTS...CHC POPS WERE KEPT FOR THE ENTIRE LONG RANGE. DIFFICULT TO PLACE MUCH DETAIL AS TO WHICH DAYS WILL BE WETTER ATTM. THE OP 12Z GFS DOES TRY TO PUSH HIGH PRESSURE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH SO THAT WEDNESDAY MAY BE DRIER...BUT THIS IS UP AGAINST THE ECMWF AND THE GEFS...SO LEFT POPS IN THE FORECAST. MAX AND MIN TEMPS SHOULD BE RATHER SIMILAR EACH DAY...WITH ANY MORNING SUNSHINE QUICKLY REPLACED BY CLDS. WATER PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LOW PRESSURE WITH AN EXTENSIVE SHIELD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AT 12UTC. THIS LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND WILL BE NEAR DAN AROUND 18UTC. VLIFR TO IFR CEILINGS AND MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TAF SITES UNTIL THE LOW MOVES TO THE EAST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. CEILINGS WILL LIFT FIRST IN LWB AS IT IS FARTHER AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF THE LOW. FRIDAY EVENING DRY ADVECTION WILL BEGIN AS LOW LEVEL WINDS COME AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST. BUT WITH LOW LEVELS SO MOIST EXPECT A REDEVELOPMENT OF FOG/LOW CLOUDS INTO SATURDAY MORNING. HAVE TAKEN LWB DOWN TO VLIFR OVERNIGHT. WITH KBLF BASICALLY INOP WILL KEEP NIL TAF GIVEN IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS. VFR WEATHER COMES BACK IN SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MOISTURE SLOWLY INCREASES EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VA...NONE. NC...NONE. WV...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...WP NEAR TERM...WERT/WP SHORT TERM...RCS/WP LONG TERM...KM AVIATION...AMS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1212 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 NCZ001>004-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043-045>047- WVZ042>045-061615- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-WATAUGA-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH- BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-MERCER-SUMMERS- MONROE-GREENBRIER- 1212 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WATER LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL GRADUALLY RECEDE AS RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED RUNOFF TAPERS OFF AND END ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ005-006-VAZ044-058-059-061615- ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-PITTSYLVANIA-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE- 1212 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END ACROSS THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO APPROACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL CONDITIONS BEFORE RECEDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS RAIN AND ASSOCIATED RUNOFF ENDS FROM THE WEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WERT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
947 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM FLASH FLOOD WHITE GATE 37.20N 80.85W
06/05/2009 GILES VA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HWY 42 CLOSED ON WALKER CREEK
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TWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1031 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM FLASH FLOOD 9 SE SOUTH BOSTON 36.61N 78.79W
06/04/2009 HALIFAX VA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
RT 602 NEAR SHADY GROVE CLOSED AT BLUEWING CREEK.
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TWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1037 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HAIL 2 NW PITTSVILLE 37.01N 79.49W
06/04/2009 E0.75 INCH PITTSYLVANIA VA PUBLIC
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MCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1045 AM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM FLASH FLOOD YANCEYVILLE 36.41N 79.34W
06/04/2009 CASWELL NC DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE FROM FLOODING.
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TWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
141 PM EDT FRI JUN 05 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NE RURAL RETREAT 36.93N 81.23W
06/04/2009 WYTHE VA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
GAP OF THE ROAD NEAR SWALLOW HOLLOW ROAD, AND SWALLOW
HOLLOW ROAD NEAR HOGBACK ROAD, BETWEEN RURAL RETREAT AND
WYTHEVILLE, WERE CLOSED DUE TO WATER AND MUD WASHED OVER
ROAD. A SMALL CAMPER TRAILER WAS CARRIED A SMALL DISTANCE
IN A CREEK HOLLOW.
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SKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Runoff from the 2 to 4+ inches of rainfall in the Dan River basin on June 3-4 caused to the river to rise above the Minor Flood Stage of 19 feet and crest at 22.1 feet on the 7th of June.
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