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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2003, 8:53 PM EDT for Henry County, City of Martinsville, 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2003, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2003, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties City of Martinsville, VA, Henry County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRNK 090056 FFWRNK VAC089-690-090400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 853 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA MARTINSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT * AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO HENRY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. * LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...CHATMOSS...BASSETT... COLLINSVILLE...FIELDALE...HORSE PASTURE...LEATHERWOOD... MARTINSVILLE...STANLEYTOWN AND VILLA HEIGHTS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. 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 3677 8004 3657 8002 3657 7973 3677 7969 $$ 11
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 090227 FFSRNK VAC089-090400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1022 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HENRY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HALF OF HENRY COUNTY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE AREA BY 1100 PM EDT...AND END BY MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTY FROM SPENCER TO RIDGEWAY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF RESULTING FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ WERT
000 WGUS71 KRNK 090359 FFSRNK VAC089-090415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1201 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT MIDNIGHT EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD ENDED OVER HENRY COUNTY AND RUNOFF WAS SUBSIDING. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS EVENING MAY HAVE RESULTED IN WASHOUTS OF COUNTY AND RURAL ROADS. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN ERODED. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE ROAD BED HAS BEEN COMPROMISED DUE TO HIGH WATER OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE STANDING WATER IS STILL PRESENT. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 8:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Patrick | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick, City of Martinsville | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 119 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.