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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 26, 1995Wilkes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1995, 8:37 PM EDT for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Wilkes County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2693 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRNK 270038
FFWRNK
NCC193-270345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
837 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN WILKES COUNTY
 
AT 837 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT AROUND TWO /2.0/ INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF PARSONVILLE IN WESTERN
WILKES COUNTY.  THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THIS RAINFALL WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS STORMS
MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1000 PM.
 
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.
 
DD/RG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWilkes60 min
Jun 26, 9:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKSurry3 hr
Jun 26, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKIredell62 min
Jun 26, 11:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKWilkes, Yadkin119 min
Jun 27, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKDavie, Rowan68 min

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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.