Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Apr 15, 1987, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 1987, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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NCC033-157-160700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1056 PM EDT WED APR 15 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
 
NORTH CAROLINA... CASWELL... ROCKINGHAM
 
AT 1057 PM RADAR INDICATED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL IN CASWELL AND
ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RUNNING VERY HIGH. ALSO..
MANY ROADWAYS ARE BEGINNING TO INUNDATE WITH WATER. HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN GUILFORD AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES AND THESE
STORMS WILL LIKELY DRIFT TO THE NORTHEAST PRODUCING RAPID AND LARGE
AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF IN BOTH CASWELL AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT
OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY FROM RAPIDLY
RISING AND SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.
 
RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR STREAMS..CREEKS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING DUE TO
FAST RISING WATER SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT AND WATCHFUL.
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CAUTIOUS AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
ANY ROADWAY..BRIDGE OR LOW LYING AREA INUNDATED WITH SWIFTLY MOVING WATER.
PEDESTRIANS AS WELL SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY AREA CONTAINING
RAPIDLY MOVING WATER ESPECIALLY IF THE WATER DEPTH IS ABOVE KNEE LEVEL.
 
RJK

In the hours before

^WBCSPSROA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
830  PM  EDT  WED APR 15 1987

AT 820 PM RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER
CENTRAL THROUGH EASTERN PATRICK..WESTERN HENRY..WESTERN FRANKLIN
AND SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTIES. HEAVIEST RAINS APPEARED TO BE CENTERED
FROM A FEW MILES NORTH OF STUART OVER TO CRITZ IN PATRICK COUNTY..
WHERE SOME AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH IN TWO HOURS HAVE BEEN MEASURED.

A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THESE COUNTIES. PERSONS
LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT SINCE
THE RAINFALL ACTIVITY SHOWS ONLY SLOW MOVEMENT AND CONTINUED RAINS
THE NEXT FEW HOURS IS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO SOURCES IN THE EVENT A
WARNING OF IMMINENT OR ACTUAL FLOODING IS REQUIRED.

MCINTOSH

^WBCSPSROA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
830  PM  EDT  WED APR 15 1987

AT 820 PM RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER
CENTRAL THROUGH EASTERN PATRICK..WESTERN HENRY..WESTERN FRANKLIN
AND SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTIES. HEAVIEST RAINS APPEARED TO BE CENTERED
FROM A FEW MILES NORTH OF STUART OVER TO CRITZ IN PATRICK COUNTY..
WHERE SOME AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH IN TWO HOURS HAVE BEEN MEASURED.

A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN THESE COUNTIES. PERSONS
LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT SINCE
THE RAINFALL ACTIVITY SHOWS ONLY SLOW MOVEMENT AND CONTINUED RAINS
THE NEXT FEW HOURS IS POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO SOURCES IN THE EVENT A
WARNING OF IMMINENT OR ACTUAL FLOODING IS REQUIRED.

MCINTOSH

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1987Every flash flood warning in 1987

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.