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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2003, 4:47 PM EDT for Smyth County, 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, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2003, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Smyth County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRNK 162046 FFWRNK VAC173-162345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 447 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SMYTH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON RIVER. * OTHER LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN INCLUDE...ALLISON GAP... BROADFORD AND MCCREADY... 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 BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. LAT...LON 3690 8183 3677 8167 3687 8135 3701 8146 $$ 02
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 162144 FFSRNK VAC173-162345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 545 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITIES...SMYTH... UNTIL 745 PM EDT. AT 530 PM EDT...VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS REPORTED MUD SLIDES IN THE BROADFORD AND NORTH HOLSTON AREAS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. ADDITIONALLY...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAINFALL WAS STILL FALLING OVER THE AREA WITH ESTIMATES OF OVER TWO INCHES SINCE 4 PM NEAR BROADFORD. THESE AMOUNTS WERE CONFIRMED BY A WEATHER SPOTTER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ SK
000 WGUS71 KRNK 162340 FFSRNK VAC173-170000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 741 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2003 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. THE SMYTH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING SINCE AROUND 530 PM WHEN MUDSLIDES HAD BEEN OBSERVED IN THE BROADFORD AREA. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING INTERSECTIONS...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM. ADDITIONALLY...RISES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE HOLSTON RIVER UPSTREAM OF SALTVILLE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT ABOUT HALF BANKFULL AT SALTVILLE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. 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. $$ 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, 11:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Smyth | 25 min |
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.