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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Blacksburg, VA

September 3, 2000Surry County, Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2000, 12:35 PM EDT for Surry County, Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2000, 12:35 PM EDT (16:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2000-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2000-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KRNK 031636
FFWRNK
NCC171-193-197-032030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1235 PM EDT SUN SEP 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  EASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

* AT 1235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN 
  WILKES COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN 
  YADKIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL 
  CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR. 

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THROUGH 430 PM EDT INCLUDE   
  JONESVILLE...
  ELKIN...
  PLEASANT HILL...

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT CREEKS AND STREAMS JUST BEGINNING TO FLOOD 
BETWEEN ELKIN AND PLEASANT HILL. RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 
WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND TRIGGER ADDITIONAL FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS CAN BE EXPECTED 
THROUGHOUT EASTERN WILKES...NORTHWESTERN YADKIN...AND SOUTHWESTERN 
SURRY COUNTIES. STREET FLOODING AND CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...INCLUDING 
ALONG ROUTE 21.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED.

.END
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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.