Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Jul 2, 2002, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

111 min

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Whole counties

Counties City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KRNK 022209
FFWRNK
VAC163-678-030000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
608 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SERIES 
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TRAINING ACROSS THE SAME AREA OF 
CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY NEAR LEXINGTON. RADAR ESTIMATED MORE THAN 
3 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF...AND AN ADDITIONAL 
INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY. THIS WILL PROBABLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 
ALONG WALTERS CREEK...TOAD RUN...AND WHISTLE CREEK NEAR LEXINGTON.

<<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 IN
BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

$$

06

LAT...LON 3792 7924 3763 7947 3768 7961 3791 7957

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 022302
FFSRNK
VAC163-678-030000-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
702 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND LEXINGTON 
CITY UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 702 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AND AROUND THE CITY 
OF LEXINGTON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN 
ESTIMATED BY RADAR SINCE ABOUT 430 PM ALONG WALTERS CREEK...WHISTLE 
CREEK...MILL CREEK AND ALONG THE MAURY RIVIR.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN AND 
AROUND LEXINGTON THROUGH AT LEAST 8 PM.

<<CALL TO ACTION>>A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IS IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON
FOOT

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.

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 030000
FFSRNK
VAC163-678-030015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
759 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND LEXINGTON CITY WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM...

AT 757 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY HAD WEAKENED...AND WERE 
MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY THAT HAVE RECEIVED 
LITTLE RAINFALL SO FAR TODAY. IN ADDITION...NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 
HAS BEEN REPORTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT.

$$

SK

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.