Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Aug 17, 1994, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 1994, 9:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Alleghany County, NC, Wilkes County, NC

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NCC005-193-171300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
600 AM EDT WED AUG 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...ALLEGHANY COUNTY...WILKES COUNTY
 
REPORTS FROM WILKES AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY INDICATED THAT FLOODING WAS
STILL OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTIES. CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
IMPROVE ANYTIME SOON AS A LARGE AREA OF RAIN REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS. THIS AREA IS MOVING NORTH-NORTHWEST AT
30 MPH.
 
AUTHORITIES IN WILKES COUNTY REPORTED THAT THE YADKIN RIVER WAS OUT OF
ITS BANKS IN THE CITY OF NORTH WILKESBORO. OTHER SMALLER CREEKS WERE
ALSO OUT THEIR BANKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. A NUMBER OF BRIDGES ACROSS
THE COUNTY WERE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER.
 
IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY BRIDGES AROUND THE COUNTY ARE ALSO UNDER WATER AND
CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALONG WITH THE FLOODING IN THE COUNTY,
THE ALLEGHANY COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE REPORTING THAT MUDSLIDES ARE
HAPPENING DUE TO THE RAIN SOAKED SOIL. TREES HAVE ALSO FALLEN ACROSS
ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN.
 
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.
 
GTR

In the hours 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

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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

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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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