Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Mar 28, 1994, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 1994, 7:00 AM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA

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TTAA00 KROA 280854
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VAC067-035-063-281200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VIRGINIA
352 AM EST MON MAR 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROANOKE VIRGINIHAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION S...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY
 
AT 350 AM VOLENS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE...OVER FRANKLIN...FLOYD AND CARROLL
COUNTIES. THE VIRGINIA IFLOWS SYSTEM HAS REPORTED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
AT FANCY GAP IN CARROLL COUNTY...OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR.
 
RUNOFF FROM THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN SHOULD PRODUCE FLOODING ALONG REED
ISLAND CREEK...IN CARROLL COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...AND WITHIN
THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS IN THE OTHER WARNED COUNTIES.
 
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

In the hours 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.

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Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.