Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Blacksburg, VA

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 080125
FFSRNK
VAC185-080245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
923 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY UNTIL 
11:00 PM EDT...

  TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS LINGERING OVER TAZEWELL COUNTY...MAINLY FROM RICHLANDS TO 
BANDY. ALTHOUGH THE INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THE RAINFALL HAD 
DECREASED SINCE 8:30 PM...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL LIKELY 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOOD. LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODED STREETS AROUND BANDY AND 
WARDELL SHORTLY AFTER 8:00 PM.

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.

$$

JH

000 
WGUS71 KRNK 080232
FFSRNK
VAC185-080300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1032 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11:00 PM EDT FOR
TAZEWELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...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.

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.

$$

JH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA
320 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREA WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN LAST
NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT RESULTED IN 2 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN WHICH HAS SATURATED THE GROUND.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF
AN INCH OR MORE...IN AN HOUR OR LESS...MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

WILL MONITOR NORTHERN LOCATION ACROSS ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS AND
SOUTHERN SHEN VALLEY THIS EVENING FOR SECOND WATCH. ELECTED TO VIEW
EVENING CONVECTION TO DECIDE UPON ANY ADDITIONAL WATCH BECAUSE RAIN
AMOUNTS THIS AFTERNOON REMAIN BELOW FFG GUIDANCE...WHICH IS HIGHER
IN THIS REGION.

EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUE THE CONVEYOR BELT MOISTURE IN OUR
REGION. DECIDED TO INCREASE CLOUD COVER AND INCREASE POPS FOR
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. REMAIN IN THE RIGHT REAR QUAD OF 65 KNOT JET ON
BOTH THE GFS AND ETA AND A THETA E RIDGE LOCATED ACRS RGN. LOWERED
HIGH TEMPS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIODS...MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROF CONTINUES FOR
MOST OF THE PD WITH UNSETTLED AND COOLER TEMPS. BY MID AND LATE
WEEK...HEIGHTS RISE IN THE EAST. LOWERED LOW TEMPS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. MAINTAINED CHC POPS INTO MID WEEK. TOWARDS THE END OF THE
PERIOD TRIMMED BACK CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF FA. ZONES WILL BE OUT BY 4 PM. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

FCSTID =    7
PRELIM NUMBERS
ROA   67  80  67  83 /  60  60  60  40
LYH   67  80  67  83 /  60  60  60  40
DAN   69  83  69  85 /  60  60  60  30
BLF   61  76  63  75 /  60  60  50  30
LWB   60  76  62  75 /  60  60  50  30
BCB   64  77  63  79 /  60  60  60  30
TNB   63  76  61  77 /  60  60  60  30

.RNK...
NC...FLOOD WATCH THRU 9PM NCZ001>004-018>020.
VA...FLOOD WATCH THRU 9PM FOR VAZ015>017-032-033-043.
WV...NONE.

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-080945-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
543 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...
WESTERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...AND IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH 9:00 PM THIS EVENING. SEE WBCFFARNK FOR MORE DETAILS. THIS
PRODUCT CAN BE VIEWED ON THE BLACKSBURG OFFICE INTERNET PAGE AT
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/RNK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

AMS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
220 PM EDT THU AUG 07 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 AM    ARARAT                    VA   FLASH FLOOD
08/07/03   PATRICK                        RTES. 630 AND 648 WASHED
                                          OUT. SEVERAL CREEKS OUT
                                          OF THEIR BANKS WITH TREES
                                          WASHED AWAY. REPORTED BY
                                          VDOT.