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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 5, 1992Carroll County, Wythe County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1992, 3:12 AM EDT for Carroll County, Wythe County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 3:12 AM EDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, VA, Wythe County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1992-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KROA 050715
FFWROA
VAC035-197-051015-
 
BULLETIN -
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
312 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...WYTHE COUNTY
 
AT 300 AM HEAVY RAIN HAS REDEVELOPED OVER SECTIONS OF WYTHE AND
CARROLL COUNTIES. SINCE CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE NEAR BANKFULL OR STILL
OUT OF THEIR BANKS FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN...THIS LATEST BATCH OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING.
 
THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN WYTHE COUNTY REPORTS MANY SECONDARY ROADS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...AND SOME PRIMARY ROADS BEGINNING TO BE
AFFECTED. PARTICULARLY...ROUTE 121 IN MAX MEADOWS IS COVERED WITH
WATER AND CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. ROUTE 602 IN CRIPPLE CREEK REMAINS
CLOSED. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN CARROLL COUNTY REPORTS SEVERAL CREEKS
EITHER NEAR OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
 
A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEW RIVER...WITH GALAX
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND RADFORD ALSO EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
 
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.
 
JACKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKHenry115 min
Jun 4, 9:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKWythe2 hr
Jun 4, 9:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKWythe2 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.