Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 4, 1992, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Alleghany County, NC

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
541 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ALLEGHANY COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM RADAR SHOWED PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY.
THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADWAYS BECOMING
FLOODED. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF SCATTERED MUD SLIDES.
 
PERSONS IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR LOCAL FLOODING 
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.
 
ENLJ

In the hours before

VAZ008-009-013-014-015-016-042015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
219 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

AT 215 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA. REPORTS FROM AUTOMATED
RAIN GAGES IN THE AREA REVEAL THAT SOME OF THE RAIN HAS BEEN MODERATE
TO HEAVY. FANCY GAP IN CARROLL COUNTY REPORTED A STORM TOTAL SO FAR OF
OVER 3 INCHES...WHILE A SPOTTER IN FLOYD COUNTY REPORTED A
STORM TOTAL OF 2.6 INCHES. MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN SINCE 8 AM TODAY.

NUMEROUS SMALLER STREAMS HAVE ALREADY REACHED BANKFULL IN MOST OF THE
AREA.  SOME HAVE BEGUN EDGING ACROSS ROADWAYS IN ISOLATED SECTIONS
OF FLOYD COUNTY.

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.  WITH THUNDERSTORMS A POSSIBILITY...HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS IN A
SHORT TIME MAY OCCUR.  IN THAT CASE FLASH FLOODING IS A DEFINITE
THREAT.

PERSONS ALONG THE SMALLER STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TUNED TO
RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING FLOOD THREAT
AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

MCINTOSH

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 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.