Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Blacksburg, VA

VAZALL-161800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
100 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
    SOUTHWEST SECTOR...
OVER THE NOON HOUR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO POP UP
OVER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...MOSTLY FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ROANOKE INTO
FRANKLIN...EASTERN PATRICK...PULASKI AND HENRY COUNTIES EXTENDING
ACROSS THE STATE LINE INTO NORTH CAROLINA.

WEATHER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES SHOWED THAT HEAVIEST RAINS WERE
OVER PATRICK COUNTY...WHERE AMOUNTS OF OVER FOUR-TENTHS OF AN INCH WERE
RECORDED IN A 15 MINUTE PERIOD.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON IN AN EAST AND
SOUTHEAST DIRECTION.    PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DOWNPOURS THAT
WILL POND WATER AND CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE PRIMARY
THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGES. END/MCINTOS

VAZALL-170100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
300 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTH
EAST VIRGINIA AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING
THAT COVERS PORTIONS OF THE ROANOKE WEATHER OFFICE AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY.  THESE COUNTIES...ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE WATCH
AREA...ARE FRANKLIN...PATRICK AND HENRY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
MARTINSVILLE.  BEDFORD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD ARE ALSO IN
THE WATCH AREA. GENERALLY...THE THREAT AREA IS ALONG AND EAST OF
THE BLUE RIDGES.

AT 3 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ABOUT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL
VIRGINIA...WITH STRONGEST STORMS ALONG THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN HENRY
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST INTO
NORTHERN HENRY AND PITTSYLVANIA COUNTIES VERY SOON. THESE STORMS WILL
LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVXY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
HAIL.
END/MCINTOSH