Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2003, 7:30 PM EDT for Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, 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, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2003, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 082333
FFWRNK
VAC163-530-678-090230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
730 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 730 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS EASTERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. RADAR
ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE LEXINGTON
AREA SINCE 6:00 PM. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH 10:00 PM...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS
ACROSS ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1030 PM EDT INCLUDE
ROCKBRIDGE BATHS...
LEXINGTON...
BUENA VISTA...
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 3791 7922 3771 7939 3765 7948 3778 7959
3800 7952
$$
102 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 090040 FFSRNK VAC163-530-678-090230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 838 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY AND INDEPENDENT CITIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT... BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AT 835 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CREEK FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF ROUTES 631 AND 11 OUTSIDE OF LEXINGTON. RADAR SHOWED RAINFALL SLOWLY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AS THE HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTINUED TO MOVE WELL NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE FAIRFIELD...AND DAVIS REGIONS OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS...AS THEY CAN BECOME DEADLY TORRENTS AFTER HEAVY RAIN. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ JH
000 WGUS71 KRNK 090132 FFSRNK VAC163-530-678-090230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 930 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR BUENA VISTA IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA LEXINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL 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...ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THIS EVENING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Carroll | 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.