Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Aug 8, 1998, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1998, 5:25 PM EDT

In force

119 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Campbell County, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA

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TTAA00 KROA 081926
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BULLETIN--EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
326 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
  LYNCHBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

* UNTIL 525 PM EDT.

* AT 325... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN
  CAMPBELL COUNTY...EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS
  OF THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY
  NORTHWARD AT AROUND 15 MPH.

* THESE STORMS HAVE DUMPED AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 2
  HOURS IN NORTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY TO THE WEST OF THE TOWN OF
  RUSTBURG...ALONG ROUTE 29...AND NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN
  LYNCHBURG. AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT
  HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO COME OUT OF
  THEIR BANKS.

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

.END/JJ

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 8, 2:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
210 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1998

NEARLY STNRY CONVERGENCE AREA OVER SW VA HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ALL
ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE EARLY THIS AFT. HAVE HAD REPORTS OF SHARP RISES
ALONG MANY CREEKS AND EVEN THE ROA RIVER IN ROA. WELL...PEOPLE
WANTED RAIN...  THIS CONVERGENCE ZONE OR PSEUDO WARM FNT IS MOVG
SLOWLY NWD AND WILL CONT TO BRING HVY RAIN TO NRN SECTIONS OF MY CWA
ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE- THINK IT WILL BE GONE BY TONITE/S PERIOD
THOUGH. MORE SCT CONVECTION IS JUST GETTING STARTED IN THE SOUPY
AIRMASS OVER NW NC AND FAR SW VA. THIS SHUD BECOME A LITTLE MORE
WIDESPREAD TOWARD THIS EVE AND WILL BE SWINGING UP INTO SRN & WRN
PARTS OF MY CWA AS WHAT IS LEFT OF THE UPPER LOW DRIFTS JUST TO MY
WEST. CHC POPS WARRANTED ALL NITE- HIGHEST TO THE WEST. BELIEVE MOST
OF THE AREA EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE WILL GO DOWN IN FOG AND LOW
CLOUDS IN A LIGHT EAST FLOW. THIS WILL SLOWLY LIFT SUNDAY LEAVING P
SUNNY WARM AND VERY HUMID CONDS. A MORE TRADITIONAL NRN STREAM VORT
MAX MOVG IN FROM THE WEST MAY BRING SOME ORGANIZED RW/TSTMS IN LATE
SUN AFT- MORE LIKELY SUN NITE...OTHERWISE LOOKS LIKE JUST SCT LATE
AFT CONVECTION WITH NOT MUCH TRIGGER OTHER THAN SOME UPSLOPE FLOW.
THE AVN SEEMS TOO FAST IN BRINGING THE VORT MAX THRU SUN NITE &
MONDAY...BUT STILL HAS HIGH CHC POPS SIMILAR TO THE NGM WHICH LOOKS
GOOD.

ROA 72/83/70/87 4365
LYH 71/81/70/86 3365
DAN 75/86/70/89 3365
RNK 69/80/67/83 5474
BLF 70/80/67/80 5574

JJ

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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