Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2003, 6:56 PM EDT for Craig 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 18, 2003, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Craig County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 182257
FFWRNK
VAC045-190130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
656 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 656 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY
RAIN PERSISTING OVER CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED
RAINFALL RATES OF BETTER THAN 2 INCHES AN HOUR...WHICH WILL
CAUSE RAPID RISES OF SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 930 PM EDT INCLUDE
SINKING CREEK...
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 3763 8008 3750 8002 3742 8014 3740 8042
3756 8024
$$
102 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 190005 FFSRNK VAC045-190130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 805 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...CRAIG... UNTIL 930 PM EDT. AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN SLOWLY EXITING EASTERN CRAIG COUNTY. AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES...AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM NEW CASTLE EAST TO THE BOTETOURT COUNTY BORDER SINCE 6:30 PM. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE EXITING THE WARNED AREA...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALLER CREEKS...AND STREAMS ACROSS EASTERN CRAIG COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. REMEMBER DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ JH
000 WGUS71 KRNK 190052 FFSRNK VAC045-190130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 853 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAIG COUNTY UNTIL 9:30 PM WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AT 815 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS AROUND NEW CASTLE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST 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. $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll, Grayson | 3 hr |
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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.