Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jun 1, 1997, 11:03 PM EDT (03:03 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1997, 3:00 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties City of Buena Vista, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KROA 020305
FFWRNK
VAC163-530-678-020645-

BULLETIN--EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1103 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

   ...ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF

   ...BUENA VISTA
   ...LEXINGTON
 
AT 1103 PM RADAR SHOWED MORE SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS HEADED
FOR ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT THESE
SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT
PERIOD. WITH THE SATURATED CONDITIONS IN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY...THIS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGER OF FLOODING.  RESIDENTS OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY SHOULD USE
CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TONIGHT...AS SOME SECONDARY ROADS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE COVERED BY FLOODWATERS.

JACKSON

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 1, 8:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
845 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

WBC...WRK ZONE LOOK FINE.
CRW...WILL CALL YOU.

REDEVELOPMENT THUNDERSTORMS ACRS SOME OF THE SAME AREAS THAT
RECzIEVED RAIN EARLIER TODAY IS CAUSING SOME FLASH FLOODING
PROBLEMS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN WBC AREA SHOULD BE EXTEND INTO THE
MORNING.

KK

In the hours before

NCZ001>003-018-019-020210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
840 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NEW RIVER VALLEY HAS EXPIRED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NEW RIVER VALLEY EXPIRED AT 8 PM.

RADAR SHOWS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS DEVELOPING FURTHER EAST.  ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...BUT THE AREA
OF HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE EAST.

BS

NCZ001>003-018-019-020210-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
840 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NEW RIVER VALLEY HAS EXPIRED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCHd FOR THE NEW RIVER VALLEY EXPIRED AT 8 PM.

RADAR SHOWS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS DEVELOPING FURTHER EAST.  ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN THE NEW RIVER VALLEY...BUT THE AREA
OF HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE EAST.

BS

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.