Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2003, 7:49 PM EDT for Carroll County, Virginia. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2003, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2003, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Carroll County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRNK 082352 FFWRNK VAC035-090145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 749 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL CAROLL COUNTY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOURS. * LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...BYLLESBY... DUGSPUR...HILLSVILLE...GLADESBORO...LAUREL FORK...PIPERS GAP...SYLVATUS AND WOODLAWN... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES. 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. LAT...LON 3681 8097 3664 8086 3669 8049 3690 8064 $$ 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Carroll | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 31 min |
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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.