Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Sep 16, 1989, 1:08 AM EDT (05:08 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 1989, 4:15 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bedford County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

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

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VAC019-089-143-770-775-161-515-160815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
108 AM EDT SAT SEP 16 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
          ...BEDFORD...HENRY...WESTERN PITTSYLVANIA
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
          ...CTY OF ROANOKE...CTY OF SALEM...ROANOKE
IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
          ...CTY OF BEDFORD
 
THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED THE RAINFALL GUIDANCE FOR SMALL
STREAM AND URBAN FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. AN AREA OF
MODERATE SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED IN THE
WARNING AREA AND CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
925  PM  EDT  FRI SEP 15 1989

...HEAVY RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA..

AT 9 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE COUNTIES OF PATRICK FLOYD AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY IN SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING STORMS..SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST PORTION OF PATRICK COUNTY WHERE THE
HEAVIEST RAIN IS FALLING AT THIS TIME.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR EXTREME SOUTH
WESTERN VIRGINIA.
CG

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Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.