Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Aug 7, 2003, 1:34 AM EDT (05:34 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2003, 4:30 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carroll County, VA

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000 
WGUS51 KRNK 070536
FFWRNK
VAC035-070830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT

* AT 134 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED BIG REED ISLAND CREEK          
  BEGINNING TO COME OUT OF ITS BANKS ALONG HIGHWAY 664 EAST OF       
  HILLSVILLE. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND A HALF TO THREE   
  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 1030 PM IN THIS AREA. RAIN...HEAVY 
  AT TIMES..WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THIS AREA THROUGH               
  400 AM...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OF BIG REED ISLAND CREEK.     
  OTHER CREEKS THAT WILL FLOOD INCLUDE STEWARTS CREEK                
  NEAR LAMBSBURG...SNAKE CREEK...AND HANKS BRANCH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 430 AM EDT     
  INCLUDE
  GLADESBORO...
  RED HILL...
  CANA...
  
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 3689 8066 3670 8054 3664 8064 3658 8065
          3657 8079 3683 8084

$$

05

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 070702
FFSRNK
VAC035-070830-

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

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

  CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

AT 255 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALLL CONTINUING OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY.

ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED 
THROUGH 430 AM. FLASH FLOODING OF THE FOLLOWING CREEKS CAN STILL BE 
ANTICIPATED...BIG REED ISLAND CREEK...SNAKE CREEK...AND STEWARTS 
CREEK.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

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 070827
FFSRNK
VAC035-070845-

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL COUNTY 
HAS EXPIRED AS OF 430 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 
THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BEGIN RECEDING...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT. 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 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

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.