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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Blacksburg, VA

April 21, 1992Carroll County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 21, 1992, 10:02 AM EDT for Carroll County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1992, 10:02 AM EDT (14:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1992, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1992-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1992-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KROA 211405 RRA
FFWROA
VAC035-211700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
1002 AM EDT TUE APR 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VAHAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
AT 955 AM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ROANOKE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE IN
A MOTEL NEAR REEDY CREEK ARE UNABLE TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF A FLOODED LOW
WATER BRIDGE.
 
  RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THE AREA AND FURTHER FLOODING IS LIKELY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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 QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
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..T.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.
 
GILLEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 10:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin, Patrick4 hr
Apr 21, 1:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFloyd, Montgomery, Roanoke3 hr
Apr 21, 1:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBotetourt, Craig2 hr
Apr 21, 2:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin, Patrick3 hr
Apr 21, 3:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson, Wythe3 hr
Apr 21, 3:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCraig, Floyd, Montgomery, Roanoke3 hr
Apr 21, 3:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBotetourt3 hr
Apr 21, 3:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin, Patrick3 hr
Apr 21, 3:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBedford2 hr
Apr 21, 5:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBedford2 hr
Apr 21, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFloyd, Franklin, Patrick, Roanoke3 hr
Apr 21, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCarroll, Grayson3 hr
Apr 21, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBotetourt, Craig3 hr
Apr 21, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKMontgomery3 hr

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Sources

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.