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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 16, 1998City of Lexington, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1998, 5:08 PM EDT for City of Lexington, Virginia. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1998, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County City of Lexington, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KROA 162108
FFWRNK
VAC163-530-678-162310-

BULLETIN--EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
508 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
  BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
  LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 505 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF
  ROCKBRIDGE   COUNTY.  A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
  HEAVY RAINFALL. ..
  DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IS MOVING EAST THROUGH ROCKBRIDGE
  COUNTY AT 25 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS AREAS WHICH HAVE
  ALREADY ACCUMULATED QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL.  THIS ADDITIONAL
  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

*

<< CALL TO ACTION >> DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROAD!

.END/PMC/JJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 16, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
220 PM EDT TUE JUNE 16 1998

DISC...
SHORT WV IS SWINGING QUICKLY THRU ERN TN/KY AND IT LOOKS LIKE MY MTN
ZONES MAY BE CLEAR OF THE CONVECTION LATE THIS AFT...AND EAST OF THE
MTNS EARLY EVENING. LOOKS LIKE THE ETA HAD THE BETTER HANDLE ON THE
TIMING. THE MODELS SHOW ONLY WEAK CAA BEHIND THE SHORT WV...AND
DOWNSLOPE AREAS EAST OF THE MTNS MAY BE EVEN WARMER WED THAN TODAY-
AT LEAST AS WARM SO MOS LOOKS GOOD. SECOND VORT LOBE TO SWING THRU
WED MORN...ANY ACTION WITH THIS SHUD BE EAST OF MY CWA. LATE WED &
THU THE RIDGE BUILDS QUICKLY BACK IN THE VERY ACTIVE PATTERN. THE
HOT MOS TEMPS STILL LOOK OKAY. THERE MAY BE SOME AFT CONVECTION
THU...BUT THERE WILL BE A CAP WITH WARMER MID LEVELS AND I DON/T SEE
MUCH OF A TRIGGER TO BREAK THE CAP. THE LOW/NO MOS POPS ARE OKAY FOR
NOW.

ROA 64/87/64/92 3001  RNK 59/80/61/86 2002
LYH 63/85/63/92 3001  BLF 57/78/62/85 2002
DAN 66/89/66/95 3001

JJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

NCZ001>003-018>020-162035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
404 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 593 CANCELLED FOR ASHE... ALLEGHANY..
WATAUGA AND WILKES COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN
NORTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR SURRY AND
YADKIN COUNTIES AND POINTS TO THE EAST.

JDS

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

330 PM     3 N BOONES MILL           VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   ROANOKE

340 PM     GOODVIEW                  VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

340 PM     3 NW BEDFORD CITY         VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

343 PM     7 W MATOAKA               WV   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   MERCER

343 PM     7 W MATOAKA               WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98   MERCER                         TREES DOWN

347 PM     1 W BIG ISLAND            VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16:/98   BEDFORD

348 PM     BIG ISLAND                VA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

330 PM     3 N BOONES MILL           VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   ROANOKE

340 PM     GOODVIEW                  VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

340 PM     3 NW BEDFORD CITY         VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

343 PM     7 W MATOAKA               WV   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   MERCER

343 PM     7 W MATOAKA               WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98   MERCER                         TREES DOWN

347 PM     1 W BIG ISLAND            VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16:/98   BEDFORD

348 PM     BIG ISLAND                VA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
455 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

308 PM     GOODVIEW                  VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

315 PM     GOODVIEW                  VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

335 PM     RAINELLE                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98   GREENBRIER                     TREES DOWN

338 PM     RAINELLE                  WV   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   GREENBRIER

345 PM     1 E MCROSS                WV   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   GREENBRIER

355 PM     LEXINGTON                 VA   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   ROCKBRIDGE

400 PM     GRETNA                    VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   PITTSYLVANIA

405 PM     12 NW AMHERST             VA   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

425 PM     MILLBORO SPRINGS          VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BATH

425 PM     NATALIE                   VA   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   HALIFAX

433 PM     MILLBORO                  VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:55 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
455 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

308 PM     GOODVIEW                  VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

315 PM     GOODVIEW                  VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

335 PM     RAINELLE                  WV   WIND DAMAGE
06/16/98   GREENBRIER                     TREES DOWN

338 PM     RAINELLE                  WV   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   GREENBRIER

345 PM     1 E MCROSS                WV   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   GREENBRIER

355 PM     LEXINGTON                 VA   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   ROCKBRIDGE

400 PM     GRETNA                    VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   PITTSYLVANIA

405 PM     12 NW AMHERST             VA   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

425 PM     MILLBORO SPRINGS          VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BATH

425 PM     NATALIE                   VA   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   HALIFAX

433 PM     MILLBORO                  VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

246 PM     FERRUM                    VA   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   FRANKLIN

310 PM     CLINTONVILLE              WV   3.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   GREENBRIER

315 PM     10 NE STUART              VA   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   PATRICK

318 PM     ALTA ~                     WV   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   GREENBRIER

325 PM     1 NW BOONES MILL          VA   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   FRANKLIN

327 PM     6.5 SW BEDFORD CITY       VA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   BEDFORD

MTE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Buckingham	36 min
Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll	47 min
Jun 16, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd	66 min
Jun 16, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	46 min
Jun 16, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Carroll	44 min
Jun 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	62 min
Jun 16, 3:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Franklin	33 min
Jun 16, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	51 min
Jun 16, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	66 min
Jun 16, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Pittsylvania	51 min
Jun 16, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	35 min
Jun 16, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke	36 min
Jun 16, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Salem	36 min
Jun 16, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington	48 min
Jun 16, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Lexington	50 min
Jun 16, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Buena Vista	50 min
Jun 16, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	37 min
Jun 16, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	50 min
Jun 16, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte	35 min
Jun 16, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Craig	47 min
Jun 16, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	50 min
Jun 16, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland	32 min
Jun 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Roanoke, City of Roanoke	51 min
Jun 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Salem	51 min
Jun 16, 5:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista	112 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	19 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	29 min

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Sources

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.