Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 29, 1995, 1:05 AM EDT (05:05 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1995, 4:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Pittsylvania County, VA

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TTAA00 KRNK 290506
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VAC143-590-290800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
105 AM EDT THU JUN 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTYS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 
   ...PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
 
  AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF
 
   ...DANVILLE
 
AT 105 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN FALLING OVER PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. SINCE MIDNIGHT...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN AN INCH HAD FALLEN OVER A LARGE PORTION
OF THE COUNTY.
 
IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTH.  AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
ACROSS THE CITY OF DANVILLE AND PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY THROUGH 300 AM.
 
FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF DANVILLE FROM
RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
DESROSIERS

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 28, 8:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

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

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.