Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2003, 2:57 PM EDT for Carroll 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
- Aug 8, 2003, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2003, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Carroll County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRNK 081900 FFWRNK VAC035-082200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 257 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED CONTINUING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY ALONG BRUSH CREEK BETWEEN BYLLESBY AND FRIES JUNCTION. FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 94 IS HIGHLY LIKELY. * SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 600 PM EDT INCLUDE BYLLESBY... FRIES JUNCTION... 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 3681 8103 3670 8094 3686 8076 3682 8097 $$ 09
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KRNK 082105 FFSRNK VAC035-082200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 504 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME LOW WATER BRIDGES STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ JDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.