Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Sep 3, 1996, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)

Expired

Sep 4, 1996, 1:45 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

County Rockingham County, NC

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KROA 040148
FFWRNK
NCC157-040545-

BULLETIN 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
948 PM EDT TUE SEP 3 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

   ...ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
 
AT 947 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS REMAIN ACROSS ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. THIS BAND EXTENDS
SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...SO IT IS LIKELY THAT THERE
WILL BE AT LEAST PERIODS OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTS FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE
COUNTY...WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. MANY CREEKS
ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGER OF FLOODING.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO ARE(AS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO
ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER
SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

JACKSON

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 3, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
825 PM EDT TUE SEP 3 1996

RADAR INDICATES STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO OVER 4 INCHES ACROSS
ROCKINGHAM AND PORTIONS OF CASWELL COUNTY IN NC AND IN HENRY...
FRANKLIN...PITTSYLVANIA AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES IN VA. BASED ON IFLOWS
DATA AND SFC REPORTS...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE LIKELY 1.5 TO
PERHAPS 3 TIMES TOO LOW IN THIS AREA. IN OTHER WORDS 2 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN (UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF 5.5 INCHES IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY) HAS
FALLEN IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS. MOST OF THIS RAIN HAS OCCURRED
IN THE PAST 6 HOURS. BASED ON FLASH FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING IN
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA AND
TRAINING RADAR ECHOES EXTENDING FM THE ABV MENTIONED AREA S INTO SRN
NC...WD STRONGLY RECOMMEND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ABOVE
MENTIONED COUNTIES AT LEAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE...BASED ON RADAR TRENDS LOOKS LIKE 40 TO 50 PCT POPS FOR
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT W OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND LIKELY TO CATAGORICAL E
OF THE BLUE RIDGE. WD LIKE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE MENTIONED FOR ALL
ZONES E OF THE BLUE RIDGE FOR TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG FOR MOST AREAS
AS WELL.

CRW...THANKS FOR COORD CALL.
WBC...NEED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL VA. WANT HEAVY
      RAIN POSSIBLE IN ALL ZONES EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. POPS SEEM
      TOO HIGH IN ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS. NEED POPS ALL NIGHT CHC RAIN
      ALL NIGHT LONG IN ALL ZONES. OTHERWISE...PREV FCST LOOKS
      GOOD.
RDU...NEED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF N-CNTRL NC. WANT HEAVY
      RAIN POSSIBLE IN ALL ZONES EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. POPS NEED TO
      BE RAISED E OF THE BLUE RIDGE. OTHERWISE...PREV FCST LOOKS
      GOOD.

BLACKBURG CLIMO:
HIGH TDY:     67
ATTM:         64
LOW THIS AM:  63
PCPN 8AM-8PM:.32

FIRST GUESS NMBRS:
ROA 64/75   65
BCB 62/70   45
BOO 59/67   45
WLK 63/76   65
LYH 64/74   85

MTE

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