Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 20, 2003, 8:55 AM EST for Campbell County, Charlotte County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
- Mar 20, 2003, 8:55 AM EST (13:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2003, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Campbell County, VA, Charlotte County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRNK 201356
FFWRNK
VAC031-037-201745-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
855 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMPBELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1245 PM EST
* AT 855 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE
MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES BETWEEN 9:00
AND 11:00 AM. THIS WILL CAUSE A RAPID RISE ON CREEKS AND SMALL
STREAMS...AND BRING THEM OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...ASPEN...
WHIPPING CREEK...CULLEN...DRAKES BRANCH...HAT CREEK...
MIKE...FALLING RIVER...TURNIP CREEK...SPRING MILLS AND WREN...
<<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.
<<CALL TO ACTION>>MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR 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 3710 7849 3688 7856 3699 7881 3709 7904
3733 7914 3721 7889
$$
062 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 201545 FFSRNK NCC033-157-169-171-193-197-VAC031-037-067-083-089-141-143-590-690- 201730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1045 AM EST THU MAR 20 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 PM EST FOR CASWELL...ROCKINGHAM...STOKES...SURRY...WILKES AND YADKIN COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA AND HALIFAX...HENRY...PITTSYLVANIA...PATRICK AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM FOR CAMPBELL AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA... WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS....WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE FROM ONE TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN TWO HOURS OR LESS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE MOVING WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ MTE
000 WGUS71 KRNK 201719 FFSRNK NCC033-157-169-171-193-197-VAC031-037-067-083-089-141-143-590-690- 201745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1220 PM EST THU MAR 20 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM AND 1245 PM WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS CONTINUES... THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAS ENDED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED THIS MORNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN COULD OCCUR BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS IS ONGOING IN MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN RECEDING BY MID AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WATER LEVELS ON LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED UNDER THE WBCFLWRNK HEADER. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS A ROAD IF WATER IS MOVING ACROSS IT. 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. $$ MTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 8:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Halifax, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania, City of Danville and 1 more | 4 hr |
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.