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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 28, 1995Franklin County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1995, 11:35 PM EDT for Franklin County, Virginia. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1995, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2611 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 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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 290336
FFWRNK
VAC067-290500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1135 PM EDT WED JUN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
 
   ...EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES TORRENTIAL RAINS IN EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AND JUST EAST OF UNION
HALL. RAINFALL TOTALS WERE ESTIMATED BY RADAR TO BE UP TO 3 INCHES PER
HOUR.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. r VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
KANE

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.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 28, 8:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 8:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERIVCE BLACKSBURG VA
827 PM EDT WED JUN 28 199

RECOMMENDATIONS...

WBC...WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THE FFA SHD BE XTNDED MIDNIGHT TIL THE
ERLY MORG FCST PKG.  LWR POPS TO 60 PCNT.

CRW...KEEP FFA UP AND XTND IT WWD TO SMYTH AND TAZEWELL CNTYS.  LWR
POPS TO HIGH CHC.

RDU...KEEP FFA UP OTRW NO CHGS.

DISCUSSION...

TSTMS W/ VRY HVY RN CONT IN EARNEST FM ALLEGHANY VA ACRS ROA/BED
CNTY LINE TO SRN PIED TO NC FOOTHILLS.  RAFL RATES CONT IN 1 TO 3
INCH PER HOUR RANGE.  FORCG EVIDENT ON GRIDDS PROGGED TO SLACKEN
TNT...BUT BNDRY LYR WINDS STILL FCST TO HAVE A STG UPSLOPE
COMPONENT.  AFT LAST NIGHT IN ROCKBRIDGE CTY...THINK WE NEED TO ERR
ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION AND XPCT THAT SM TSTMS MAY LINGER INTO OVNT
PD AND CD CAUSE HVY RAIN AND PSBLY FLASH FLDG.

ALSO...TSTMS BCMG MORE WIDESPREAD ACRS SMYTH/TAZEWELL CTY AREA.
SMYTH HAS RECEIVED A CPL GOOD DOSES OF RAFL OVR PAST DAY AND WE MAY
WELL HAVE TO GO W/ FFW LATER FOR THIS AREA.

DESROSIERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania2 hr
Jun 28, 9:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKFranklin2 hr
Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBedford75 min
Jun 28, 10:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKHenry2 hr
Jun 28, 10:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania2 hr
Jun 28, 11:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania69 min
Jun 29, 1:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania3 hr
Jun 29, 6:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKPittsylvania2 hr

Nearby

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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.