Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Apr 21, 1992, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)

Expired

Apr 21, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

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VAC161-770-063-121-775-212015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
112 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...ROANOKE COUNTY
 
  AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF
 
   ...ROANOKE
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...FLOYD COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
  AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF
 
   ...SALEM
 
RAINFALL DATA...SPOTTERS REPORTS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL
REPORT THAT MANY SMALL STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE AT OR ABOVE
BANKFULL. THESE STREAMS WILL CONTINUE A RAPID RISE AS AN AREA OF HEAVY
RAINFALL MOVES ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
SPECIFICALLY...THE LITTLE RIVER IN THE RINER,VA AREA IN FLOYD COUNTY
IS REPORTED OVER ITS BANKS. MEADOWS CREEK ROAD...RT 658 IN FLOYD IS
IMPASSABLE. BRUSH CREEK IN FLOYD COUNTY IS ALMOST AT BANKFULL AND
RISING RAPIDLY.  IN ROANOKE COUNTY...PETERS CREEK IS OVER ITS BANKS
AND SOME RESIDENTS ARE BEING ALERTED FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION.
 
LATEST AUTOMATED RAINFALL GAGES SHOW THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED...ON
THE AVERAGE...ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST 12 HOURS. SOME LOCATIONS
HAVE RECEIVED AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN.
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOW RAIN COVERING MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS ALONG A BAND EXTENDING FROM
BOTETOURT TO ROANOKE INTO PATRICK COUNTIES. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS WORKING
ITS WAY ONLY SLOWLY EASTWARD.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
END/MCINTOSH

In the hours before

VAZ009-008-212100

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA
1230 PM EDT TUE APR 21 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 2 AM WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...AMHERST...BEDFORD...CAMPBELL...APPOMATTOX...
PITTSYLVANIA...HALIFAX AND CHARLOTTE AND THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF
LYNCHBURG...DANVILLE...BEDFORD AND SOUTH BOSTON.

PEOPLE LIVING IN THE FLASH FLOOD AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF RISING STREAMS AND INUNDATED ROADWAYS. BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS FOR UPDATES. KEEP ALERT AND REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR
LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE O!R TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MONROE

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.