Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 4, 1992, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 1992, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Wythe County, VA

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VAC197-050200-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
656 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

   ...WYTHE COUNTY

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN WYTHE COUNTY REPORTED SIGNIFICANT ROAD
FLOODING. PORTIONS OF ROUTES 749...686...AND 610 ARE UNDERWATER IN
PLACES AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE.

ONE AUTOMATED RAINGAGE IN WYTHEVILLE REPORTED 1.66 INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE PAST 3 HOURS.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER
AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND.

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.

MCINTOSH

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 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.