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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2003, 11:23 AM EDT for Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, 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 16, 2003, 11:23 AM EDT (15:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2003, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties City of Danville, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 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 161528 FFWRNK VAC143-590-161830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1123 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE CITY OF DANVILLE * UNTIL 230 PM EDT. * AT 1123 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF DANVILLE...ALONG ROUTE 58. * LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...DANVILLE... SOAPSTONE...CASCADE...WEST FORK...RINGGOLD...SANDY RIVER... SWANSONVILLE AND WESTOVER HILLS...BLAIRS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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. 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 3675 7965 3657 7969 3657 7923 3685 7920 $$ 11
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 161649 FFSRNK VAC143-590-161830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1245 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF DANVILLE... UNTIL 230 PM EDT. AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM DANVILLE EASTWARD ALONG ROUTE 58 TO NEAR RINGGOLD. RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN JUST NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE BETWEEN SOAPSTONE AND MOUNT HERMAN. AS A RESULT OF THIS HEAVY RAINFALL...STREAMS THAT FEED INTO THE SANDY RIVER MAY BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ PEM
000 WGUS71 KRNK 161803 FFSRNK VAC143-590-161830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 200 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF DANVILLE... UNTIL 230 PM EDT. AT 200 PM...THERE WERE REPORTS OF FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE DANVILLE AREA...PROMPTING POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS. APPLE BRANCH...IN ADDITION TO OTHER STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF THE DANVILLE AREA...WITH NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH 400 PM. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF DANVILLE...ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. STREAMS THAT FLOW INTO THE SANDY RIVER AND LITTLE SANDY CREEK ARE BEING AFFECTED. FOR YOUR SAFETY...PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THESE STREAMS UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. 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. $$ PEM
000 WGUS71 KRNK 161840 FFSRNK VAC143-590-161930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 240 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY AND DANVILLE CITY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT... RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE TIME BEING AND DAVILLE CITY POLICE REPORT THAT FLOOD WATERS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDED. HOWEVER...SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING DRY FORK ROAD IN BLAIRS...POWELL ROAD...LAWLESS CREEK ROAD...GEORGES LANE...AFTON ROAD...AND MOUNTVIEW ROAD. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ SK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt | 116 min |
| Jun 16, 10:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 115 min |
| Jun 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.