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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 11, 1995Bland County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 1995, 6:13 PM EDT for Bland County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1995, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Bland County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRNK 112212
FFWRNK
VAC021-120115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
613 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...BLAND COUNTY
 
AT 613 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL HAD
OCCURRED IN BLAND COUNTY. BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.
 
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN FROM CERES NORTHEAST TO BASTIAN...
THEN ROCKY GAP.
 
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.
 
 
SPN/RGV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHalifax52 min
Jun 11, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd, Pulaski59 min
Jun 11, 2:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKGiles, Montgomery3 hr
Jun 11, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford, Roanoke61 min
Jun 11, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin69 min
Jun 11, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt63 min
Jun 11, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany59 min
Jun 11, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford61 min
Jun 11, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockbridge40 min
Jun 11, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig45 min
Jun 11, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt49 min
Jun 11, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKTazewell65 min
Jun 11, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery50 min
Jun 11, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd45 min
Jun 11, 7:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFloyd, Montgomery3 hr
Jun 11, 7:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKRoanoke3 hr
Jun 11, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRoanoke3 hr
Jun 11, 7:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBotetourt3 hr

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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.