Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 1994, 11:32 PM EST for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1994, 11:32 PM EST (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1994, 12:38 AM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 615 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 772 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KROA 280435 FFWROA VAC067-280630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA 1132 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VIRGINIHAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION ... IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ...FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 1130 PM REPORTS FROM THE SHERRIF'S DEPARTMENT INDICATED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 640 AT SIX MILE POST...BETWEEN CALLAWAY AND FERRUM...AND ALONG ROUTE 756 NEAR ROCKY MOUNT. ALSO...RADAR SHOWS VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...NEAR ROCKY MOUNT. 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. CUNNINGHAM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:30 PM EST, 2 minutes before
VAZ035-059-046-058-034-044-045-280630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 1130 PM EST SUN MAR 27 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR AMHERST...BEDFORD...AND NELSON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND ALSO FOR MOST OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE... AT 1130 PM RADAR SHOWED MORE RAIN WITH FEW HEAVIER SHOWERS MOVING FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL VIRGINIA. NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE AREA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS SATURATING THE SOIL. STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE ON THE RISE AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF FLOODING OF LOW AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. IF YOU ARE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA OR STREAM OR CREEK REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS ARE SPOTTED OR HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS ROADS. RIVERS WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE UPPER BRANCH OF THE JAMES RIVER WILL BE ON THE RISE WITH THE STAGE AT HOLCOMBS ROCK EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 16 FEET MONDAY MORNING AND NEAR 13 FEET AT LYNCHBURG MONDAY MORNING. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:52 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.