Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Blacksburg, VA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
945 AM EDT SUN JUN 9 1995

CRW...THNX FOR COORD CALL...WE'RE IN GUD AGREEMENT.

WBC...THNX FOR COORD CALL...WE'RE IN GUD AGREEMNTINC

RDU...FFA CONT FOR NRN MTNS.

DISCUSSION...

12Z SFC ANLSYS INDCTING LO PRESS LCTD OVR CNTRL TN/KY.  TWO FRNTS
RUNNING NE/SW THRU ERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.  REAL JUICY AIR ON SE
SIDE OF FRONT STRTCHING FROM SW GA THRU ERN TN THEN JUST NW OF GSO
AND NE TO NEAR NYC.  DWPTS SOUTH OF THIS FRNT IN THE 70S WITH SOUTH
WNDS AND LM60S ON NORTH SIDE OF FRNT EASTERLY WINDS.  LOTS OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THIS FRNT AND TRKING
STRAIGHT N...AND ALMOST BECOMING MORE OF A OVRRUNNING TYPE PRECIP ON
NORTH SIDE OF FRNT WHERE IT BECOMES WIDESPREAD.  SECOND FRONT RUNS
FROM SRN NEW ENGLND TO CLE TO WEST SIDE TN/KY LO PRESS WITH DRIER
AIR BHND IT.

NGM MOIST CONVGNCE KEEPS HEAVIEST RAINS OVR WRN 2/3RDS OF CWA THRU
MOST OF TDY AND WITH WARM FRNT IN CRRNT PSTN AND TRW'S STRMING NWD
IN SOUTHERLY FLO THERE SHUD BE SOME HI RAINFALL AMNTS.  FFG COMING
DOWN EACH DAY FROM PREVIOUS RAIN MAKING FOR PRECARIOUS SITN.

NOGUEIRA

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SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
630 AM EDT SUN JUN 9 1996

...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEASTERN
WEST VIRGINIA...

ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS STREAMING NORTH AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR WEST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AS DAYTIME HEATING DESTABILIES THE
ATMOSPHERE. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE
LEVELS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS...STORMS
THAT DO FORM WILL TRACK VERY SLOWLY DUE TO THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL WIND
FLOW.  RAINFALL FROM SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS...AND EVEN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING
...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
951 AM EDT SUN JUN 9 1996

...VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ROANOKE COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF ROANOKE
AND SALEM...

AT 950 AM DOPPLER RADAR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BLACKSBURG INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN TRACKING ACROSS ROANOKE COUNTY...AND THE CITIES OF ROANOKE AND
SALEM.  ROANOKE AND SALEM POLICE INDICATED PONDING OF WATER ON SOME
LOW LYING ROADS PRONE TO MINOR FLOODING IN VERY HEAVY RAIN.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES HAVE IN ROANOKE HAVE INDICTED A
HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES IN ADDITION TO AN INCH OF RAIN SINCE
8 AM.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER THE AREA AT 950 AM...WITH
LIGHTER SHOWERS INDICATED BY RADAR TO THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTY.
THE VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER TO LIGHTER RAIN BETWEEN
10 AM AND 1030 AM.

ADDITIONAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
LIKELY TO OCCUR THROUGH 1030 AM...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS OUTLET FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NOGUEIRA