Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2003, 11:17 PM EDT for Halifax County, Pittsylvania County, City of Danville, Virginia; Caswell County, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2003, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2003, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, City of Danville, VA, Halifax County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRNK 260321
FFWRNK
NCC033-157-VAC083-143-590-260715-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1117 PM EDT SUN MAY 25 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
DANVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
HALIFAX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 315 AM EDT
* AT 1117 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE WARNING AREA SINCE 5:00 PM. AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA THROUGH
2:00 AM. THIS WILL LEAD TO STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AND WILL
CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.
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 3658 7866 3637 7916 3624 7916 3625 8001
3654 8000 3654 7972 3670 7967 3684 7940
3696 7875 3684 7867 3674 7869 3670 7866
3667 7870 3658 7871 3641 7906
$$
09/143 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 260539 FFSRNK NCC033-157-VAC083-143-590-260700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 140 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITIES...ROCKINGHAM AND CASWELL... DANVILLE...HALIFAX... PITTSYLVANIA AND CHARLOTTE... UNTIL 315 AM EDT. AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN MANY PLACES IN THE WARNING AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST 300 AM. FLOODING HAS OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN URBAN AREAS. IN SOUTH BOSTON...NUMEROUS STREETS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. MANY HOUSES WERE FLOODED IN SOUTH BOSTON AS WELL. IN DANVILLE...FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER ON HIGHWAY 29 WITH THE SOUTHBOUND LANES CLOSED. HIGHWAY 58 NORTHBOUND WAS ALSO CLOSED. RAINFALL WAS ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN THE TROUBLESOME CREEK BASIN AND IN THE HAW RIVER BASIN...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 2 TO 4 INCH RADAR ESTIMATES WERE ALSO COMMON IN CASWELL AND HALIFAX COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES ESTIMATED IN SOUTHERN HALIFAX NEAR SOUTH BOSTON. SOME RURAL ROADS MAY STILL BE FLOODED AND VERY HAZARDOUS IN THESE AREAS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ JDS
000 WGUS71 KRNK 260546 CCA FFSRNK NCC033-157-VAC083-143-590-260700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO REMOVE CHARLOTTE COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 140 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITIES...ROCKINGHAM AND CASWELL... DANVILLE... HALIFAX...AND PITTSYLVANIA... UNTIL 315 AM EDT. AT 135 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN MANY PLACES IN THE WARNING AREA...AND CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH AT LEAST 300 AM. FLOODING HAS OCCURRED PRIMARILY IN URBAN AREAS. IN SOUTH BOSTON...NUMEROUS STREETS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. MANY HOUSES WERE FLOODED IN SOUTH BOSTON AS WELL. IN DANVILLE...FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER ON HIGHWAY 29 WITH THE SOUTHBOUND LANES CLOSED. HIGHWAY 58 NORTHBOUND WAS ALSO CLOSED. RAINFALL WAS ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN THE TROUBLESOME CREEK BASIN AND IN THE HAW RIVER BASIN...WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 2 TO 4 INCH RADAR ESTIMATES WERE ALSO COMMON IN CASWELL AND HALIFAX COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES ESTIMATED IN SOUTHERN HALIFAX NEAR SOUTH BOSTON. SOME RURAL ROADS MAY STILL BE FLOODED AND VERY HAZARDOUS IN THESE AREAS. 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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. $$ JDS
000 WGUS71 KRNK 260713 FFSRNK NCC033-157-VAC083-143-590-260730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 315 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ROCKINGHAM... CASWELL... PITTSYLVANIA... AND HALIFAX COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT CITY OF DANVILLE...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE TOWN OF SOUTH BOSTON MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS AS MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE DAN RIVER IS OCCURRING THERE...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ JDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax, Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 42 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.