Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 1994, 3:01 AM EDT for Alleghany County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1994, 3:01 AM EDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1994, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alleghany County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGSO 170702 FFWGSO NCC005-171000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 301 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA ...ALLEGHANY COUNTY AT 259 AM EDT THE ALLEGHANY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT FLOODING HAD PROMPTED THE EVACUATION OF A MOBILE HOME PARK IN SPARTA. ALSO... WATER COVERED A BRIDGE IN SPARTA...AND ROADS WERE COVERED WITH WATER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. SR &
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, Aug 17, 2:14 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
VAZ058-044-170815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 214 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... AT 2 AM A BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA AND HALIFAX COUNTIES VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF SOAKING RAINS YESTERDAY AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS MORNING COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. MEADOWS NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:14 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
VAZ058-044-170815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 214 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... AT 2 AM A BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS FALLING ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PITTSYLVANIA AND HALIFAX COUNTIES VIRGINIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. THE COMBINATION OF SOAKING RAINS YESTERDAY AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS MORNING COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR. MEADOWS NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alexander | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Iredell | 16 min |
| Aug 17, 1:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Iredell | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.