Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jan 28, 1998, 10:35 AM EST (15:35 UTC)

Expired

Jan 28, 1998, 6:30 PM EST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KROA 281536
FFWRNK
VAC163-530-678-282330-

BULLETIN--IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1035 AM EST WED JAN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG VA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

   ...ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF

   ...BUENA VISTA
   ...LEXINGTON
 
AT 1030 AM ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY OFFICIALS INDICATED BLACKS CREEK NEAR
COLLIERSTOWN WAS APPROACHING BANKFULL.  WITH RAIN ONLY SLOWLY
TAPERING OFF COMBINED WITH SNOW MELT...BLACKS CREEK IS EXPECTED TO
EXCEED ITS BANKS.

OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY FLOOD THROUGH THE COURSE
OF THE AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS ON ROADS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS 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.  

NOGUEIRA

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 28, 9:35 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
935 AM EST WED JAN 28 1998

NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISC. HVG A HARD TIME GETTING PEOPLE IN THIS AM.

WRAP AROUND PCPN CONTG WITH ALL SNOW IN SE WV AND SNOW ABOVE 2500
FEET IN VA MOUNTAINS. ALTHOUGH...PCPN IN MOST MOUNTAIN AREAS CHANGES
TO ALL SNOW WHEN HEAVY PCPN OCCURS. SPOTTER IN NEAR MATOAKA IN
WESTERN MERCER COUNTY VA JUST REPORTED SNOW DEPTH OF 27 INCHES.
IN...BLF SFC OBC INDCD SNOINC 2/23. WITH UPSLOPE ENHANCING SNOW IN
SE WV...NEED TO KEEP WINTER STORM WARNING GOING THRU 2 OR 3 PM AND
MENTION ANOTHER 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

IN VA MOUNTAINS...THINK WINTER STORM WARNING NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED
ABOVE 2500 FEET UNTIL 2 OR 3 PM.

WITH PCPN MAINLY RAIN IN LOWER ELEVATIONS...THINK FLOOD WATCH NEEDS
TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON IN ROANOKE...BOTETOURT...
ROCKBRIDGE...BEDFORD AND AMHERST COUNTIES.

WRAP AROUND PCPN HEADED FOR NC...SO THEY COULD GET ANOTHER 1 TO 3
INCHES AS WELL.

THATS ALL FOR NOW.

MTE

In the hours before

NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>020-WVZ042>045-282110-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
815 AM EST WED JAN 28 1998

...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE TO CONTINUE TODAY...

WET SNOW CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA WITH SNOW DEPTHS ACROSS THE AREA RANGING FROM 8 TO OVER 20
INCHES AS OF 800 AM.  TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS IN THIS
AREA RANGES FROM AROUND 15 INCHES TO OVER 30 INCHES. THE HEAVY WET
SNOW IS RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS
AND POWER LINES.

THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE A PROBLEM ALL DAY. IN ADDITION...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW MAY
RESULT IN THE COLLAPSING OF SOME ROOFS.

MTE

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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.