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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2002, 2:33 PM EDT for Watauga County, North Carolina. It was in force for 117 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 27, 2002, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2002, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Watauga County, NC
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 926 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRNK 271833 FFWRNK NCC189-272030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 232 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN WATAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN JUST SOUTHEAST OF BOONE SINCE 1:30 PM. FLASH FLOODING ALONG FLANNERY FORK AND OTHER SMALL STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED. * OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...AHO...FOSCOE... LOVILL...MEAT CAMP...RUTHERWOOD...SANDS...SILVERSTONE AND VALLE CRUCIS... <<CALL TO ACTION>>DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ 10 LAT...LON 3629 8163 3613 8155 3614 8180 3631 8180
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KRNK 271939 FFSRNK NCC189-272030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 338 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EASTERN WATAUGU COUNTY... AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN CONTINUING OVER EASTERN WATAUGA COUNTY..ALTHOUGH BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 4:30 PM. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE.... AT 240 PM EDT...A MUDSLIDE WAS REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 321 BETWEEN BOONE AND BLOWING ROCK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. SK $$ LAT...LON 3612 8174 3612 8164 3621 8149 3628 8165
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 31 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.