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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 22, 2001Bedford County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2001, 5:56 PM EDT for Bedford County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 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: Jun 22, 2001, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Bedford County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 13 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: 152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 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 
WGUS51 KRNK 222158
FFWRNK
VAC019-230100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
556 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN FOREST AND THE CITY 
  OF BEDFORD.  RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST     
  HOUR...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING ANOTHER 1 TO        
  2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 730 PM. 

LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 900 PM EDT INCLUDE        
  GOODE AND THE BIG OTTER RIVER...THE BIG OTTER RIVER MAY FLOOD      
  STATE ROUTES 682 AND 670.

<<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
$$

06

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 22, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 465 AND 466 IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 EDT.
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVG EAST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
DEVELOPING IN THE UNSTABLE AIR. KFCX 88D LOOP INDICATED THAT AXIS OF
PCP ATTM MAINLY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. AREA OF SFC
MOISTURE CONVG PIVOTING NORTH INTO CWA. WATER VAPOR/IR SHOWING WELL
DEFINE COMMA VORT LIFTING NWD ACROSS E TN/SW NC. DECIDED TO POST A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR NW NC UP THRU FOOTHILL
GROUPING.(SEE FFA). AVN SOLUTION SUPPORT A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN
LIFTING NORTH ACROSS RGN OVERNIGHT. TODAY'S MODELS CONTINUE TO CUT
OFF THE UPPER SYSTEM BY SUN. THIS SUPPORTS SLOWING FNT E PUSH AND
EVENTUALLY STALLING IT ALONG THE CST. SEVERAL WAVES WILL DEVELOP AND
ROLL UP THE FRONT. IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...I HAVE ELECTED TO ADD
CHC OF PCPN TO WED UNDER COLD POOL. A FEW OTHER CHANGES REFER TO
ZONES FOR DETAILS. NEXT SET OF ZONES WILL BE OUT AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE...ARD 400 PM.

FCSTID = 07
PRELIM NUMBERS
ROA   65  80  59  80 /  80  50  20  40
LYH   65  79  59  82 /  60  50  20  40
DAN   67  81  63  82 /  60  50  20  40
BLF   60  73  53  75 /  90  40  20  40
LWB   57  72  52  74 /  90  40  20  40
BCB   60  75  55  76 /  90  40  20  40
TNB   59  73  56  75 /  90  40  20  40

.RNK...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SATURTDAY MORNING.. FOR
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ016-017-022>024-032>035.
.WV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
455 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

0407 PM    MOUNT AIRY                NC   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   SURRY                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWNREPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

JJ

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:18 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
518 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

0505 PM    GODDE                     VA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BEDFORD                        REPORTED BY
POST OFFICE

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
539 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

0515 PM    ENDICOTT                  VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   FRANKLIN                       TREE DOWN.REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0518 PM    FERRUM                    VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   FRANKLIN                       POWER POLE KNOCKED DOWN BY
                                          WIND.REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:49 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
549 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

0540 PM    3 SW SNOW CREEK           VA   WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01   FRANKLIN                       TREES DOWN.

MTE

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:50 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
518 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

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

0505 PM    GODDE                     VA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/01   BEDFORD                        REPORTED BY POST OFFICE

MTE

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 minute before

NCZ004-VAZ032>035-043>045-230045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
555 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

...STRONG STORMS CONTINUE IN VIRGINIA...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 81
THROUGH 700 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND GUSTY WIND ALONG
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. RAINFALL OF THIS INTENSITY CAN
REDUCE VISIBILITY MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT...AS WELL AS PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS.

RMG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	44 min
Jun 21, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst	27 min
Jun 22, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	41 min
Jun 22, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bedford	42 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Patrick	45 min
Jun 22, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin	52 min
Jun 22, 5:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Franklin	3 hr
Jun 22, 6:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Campbell, City of Lynchburg	2 hr
Jun 22, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Amherst	119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2001 Every flash flood warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.