Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Blacksburg, VA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
625 PM   EDT  SUN JUN 21 1987

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORM CELLS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PATRICK COUNTY
VIRGINIA DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS HAVE PRODUCED 1.27 IN OF RAIN DURING
THIS TIME. WHILE THIS IS A WELCOME RELIEF IN GENERAL TO THE COUNTYS
RINFALL..THE SLOWNESS OF MOVEMENT OF THESE CELL WILL MAKE IT NECESSARY
TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AREA. THESE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLW OF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS DANGEREOUS LIGHTNING ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCAL
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING.

OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
WHERE AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE AND DIRUNAL HEATING AND SET OFF THESE
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT OVER THE SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA COUNTIES OF LOGAN AND MINGO UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.
OTHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED CONCERNING THESE CELL AS NECESSARY.
$$WB

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
745T PM  EDT  SUN JUN 21 1987

...A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN PATRICK COUNTY VA...

AT 735 PM RADAR DETECTED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE NORTHWEST
OF STUART VIRGINIA WITH A SLIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY DRIFT.  THIS VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM IS ONE OF SEVERAL CELLS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF PATRICK COSUNTY VA. RAINFALL TOTAL DURING THE
PAST 3 HOURS HAS REACHED 2.65 IN AT THE SLATE MOUNTAIN GAGE WHILE OTHER
GAGES HAVE IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.

THIS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS STRONG
GUSTY WINDS DANGEREOUS LIGHTNING AND LOCAL SMALL STREAM AND URBAN
FLOODING. THE RAINFALL RATE AT THIS TIME SEEMS TO BE AROUND 11/2 IN.PER
HOUR WITH CONVECTIVE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS.
TAKE INDOOR SHELTER AND BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL STREAM
FLOODING DURING THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS DURING THE NEXT 2HRS.$$WB

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
915 PM   EDT  SUN JUN 21 1987

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN CARROLL PATRICK AND FLOYD COUNTIES OF
   VIRGINIA...
AT 910 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
CARROLL NORTHCENTRAL PATRICK AND SOUTHCENTRAL FLOYD COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA
WITH MOVEMENT TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH BUT NEARLY STATIONRY
AT TIMES.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS DANGEREOUS LIGHTNING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
RAINFALL AMOUNT AS OF 915 PM.. 2.38 AT BUSTED ROCK 1..1.66 BUSTED ROCK 2
3.42 PATRICK CENTRL ACADEMY..2.60 TROT VALLEY. THESE HEAVY RAINFALLS IS
CONNETED WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDRIES FROM WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
AND COSVER THE COUNTIES OF CARROLL PATRICK HENRY AND FLOYD AT THIS TIME
WITH CLOUDINESS BECOMING ENHENSED OVER PULASKI COUNTY VA.
...HAIL WAS INDICATED IN THE THUNDE	RSTORM IN SOUTHCENTRAL FLOYD AT 930 PM.
TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THESE COUNTIES$$WB