Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Aug 7, 2003, 1:09 AM EDT (05:09 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2003, 4:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Patrick County, VA

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000 
WGUS51 KRNK 070511
FFWRNK
VAC141-070800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
109 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT

* AT 109 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN  
  GAUGES SHOWED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN       
  IN WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY SINCE 10 PM LAST EVENING. ANOTHER AREA   
  OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 400    
  AM. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROUND MEADOW CREEK AND OTHER 
  SMALLER CREEKS NEAR THE MEADOWS OF DAN AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 400 AM EDT         
  INCLUDE
  MEADOWS OF DAN...
  ARARAT...
  LOCATIONS ALONG ROUND MEADOW CREEK...

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 TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 8029 3656 8034 3657 8060 3665 8047
          3673 8043

$$

05

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 070638
FFSRNK
VAC141-070800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
236 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL
400 AM EDT...

  WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

AT 236 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING BACK INTO THE COUNTY.

ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...THROUGH 400 AM...WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FOLLOWING CREEKS...ROUND 
MEADOW CREEK...BIG IVY CREEK AND ELK CREEK. THE FLOOD THREAT WILL 
ALSO EXIST IN THESE TOWNS...MEADOWS OF DAN...VESTA...AND CLAUDVILLE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS A 
FLOODED ROAD. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

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.

$$

WP

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 070801
FFSRNK
VAC141-070930-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
400 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PATRICK
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AS OF 400 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS 
AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH 
WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 
ROADWAYS.

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.

$$

WP

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.