Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Sep 22, 1989, 10:41 AM EDT (14:41 UTC)

Expired

Sep 22, 1989, 1:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Wilkes 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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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1041 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL 
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN 
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      STOKES...ALLEGHANY...SURRY...WILKES

AT 1030 AM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER
THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
IN WILKES COUNTY INDICATES THAT THE SMALL CREEKS ARE RISING. UP TO
1000 AM SURRY COUNTY HAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN.
THE ARARAT RIVER IS FORECASTED TO CREST 2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
AT 1 PM.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
REMEMBER..MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA
710 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 1989

...TROPICAL STORM HUGO NEAR CHARLOTTE NC...
...TORNADO..FLASH FLOOD AND HIGH WIND WATCHES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER INDICATED IN SOUTHCENTRAL
VIRGINIA AT THIS TIME..AS THE CENTER OF HUGO NEARS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
THUNDERSTORMS..HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. THE POSSIBLITY THAT THIS STORM MAY PRODIUCE TORNADOS CAN NOT
BE DISCOUNTED.

.RESIDENTS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

HUDGINS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA
925 AM EDT FRI SEP 22 1989

...TROPICAL STORM HUGO NORTHWEST OF HICKORY NC...
...TORNADO..FLASH FLOOD AND HIGH WIND WATCHES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

TROPCIAL STORM HUGO IS MOVING NORTHWARD ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHOULD PASS
WEST OF LYNCHBURG VA ABOUT MIDDAY..

THE RAPID MOVEMENT LESSENS THE CHANCE OF EXTENDED HEAVY RAINS OVER
SOUTHCENTRAL VIRGINIA TODAY BUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT

ALSO DUE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT..WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED UNTIL
THE STORM PASSES.

RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
THE LOCAL MEDIA.

HUDGINS

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 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.