Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 8, 1992, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1992, 5:35 PM EDT

In force

84 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Botetourt County, VA, Roanoke County, VA

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
411 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VAHAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...EASTERN ROANOKE COUNTY
 
  AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF
 
   ...ROANOKE
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BOTETOURT COUNTY
 
  AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF
 
   ...SALEM
 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH
SOUTHERN BOTETOURT AND EASTERN ROANOKE COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
OVER AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR ARE BEING RECORDED. THIS WILL LIKELY
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS...ALSO STREET
FLOODING IN THE CITIES.
 
 
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.
 
JACKSON

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
215 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

AT 2 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTIES
OF GILES..CARROLL..AND FRANKLIN IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MOVING NORTH
EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS..ALSO
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAM AND CREEKS.

PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONG AREAS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
CG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
345 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1992

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NEW RIVER VALLEY..

AT 330 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COUNTIES
OF CRAIG..MONTGOMERY..AND PULASKI IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS CREEKS AND FLOOD
PRONE AREAS.

PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONG AREAS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE COUNTIES OF FLOYD ROANOKE AND BOTETOURT WITHIN THE HOUR.
CG

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.