Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 26, 1995, 8:23 PM EDT (00:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 26, 1995, 10:30 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Campbell County, VA

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TTAA00 KRNK 270024
FFWRNK
VAC031-270230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
823 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY
 
AT 823 PM DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATED BETWEEN 1 AND
2 INCHES HAD FALLEN NEAR BROOKNEAL SINCE 715 PM. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA UNTIL AFTER 900 PM.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO FALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
DD/RG

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 26, 2:12 PM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
210 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995

SUGGESTIONS...FAIRLY HIGH POPS THIS EVE...GOING TO A CHC AFT
MIDNIGHT. THEN THNK I WUD GO LIKELY AGAIN TMRW ESP IN THE AFTN.

DISCUSSION...
WORRYING ABOUT RADAR AND SUCH SO HVNT HAD AS MUCH TIME AS I WUD LIKE
TO LK AT THNGS BUT IT'S NOT LKG TOO GD FOR US. GD CLRG COMING INTO
EXTRM SW VA ATTM. ANY SVR TSTMS THAT DEVLOP BACK OVR TENN THIS AFTN
SHUD HV PLENTY OF FUEL TO MOVE ON UP INTO OUR AREA LATER. WL HV TO
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AND CONSIDER ANOTHER FFA FOR THIS EVE/TNGT.

UPR LOW SHIFTS EVER SO SLOWLY EAST FOR TMRW AND PUSHES A COLD FNT IN
FM THE SW...IN THE MEANTIME BACKDOOR FNT PUSHES DOWN FM THE NE AND
PUTS THE CRUNCH ON RNK CWA. GRIDDS SHOWG VERY IMPRESSIVE M,OISTR
CONV ACRS THE AREA TMRW AS A RESULT. LI'S FM -4 TO -8 TMRW ALSO.
DONT THNK WE WL SEE ANY COOL STABLE AIR MOVE INTO RNK CWA. FWC POPS
LK OUTTA WACK.

JDS

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