Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 4, 1992, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT

In force

117 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Franklin County, VA

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VAC067-050145-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
748 PM EDT THU JUN 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM RADAR SHOWED THAT RAIN WAS AGAIN ON THE INCREASE IN FRANKLIN
COUNTY. AUTOMATED GAGES IN SOME OF THE HIGHER LOCATIONS ARE BEGINNING
TO SHOW AVERAGES OF ABOUT 6/10'S OF AN INCH PER HOUR...ENOUGH TO
TRIGGER SOME FLOODING ALONG CREEKS LIKE THE MAGGODAY AND BLACKWATER.
 
SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME PROBLEMS IN SPOTS AND MOTORISTS
ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROsADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER.
 
AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIER RAIN MAY SLACKEN AROUND
9 TO 930 PM IN THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY OVER CRITICAL WESTERN PARTS
OF THE COUNTY.
 
STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV FOR UPDATES.
 
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.