Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2003, 5:49 PM EDT for Bland County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 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 9, 2003, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2003, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bland County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 092149
FFWRNK
VAC021-100015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
549 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 430 PM. THE SHERIFF IN BLAND
HAS REPORTED SMALL CREEKS ALONG WALKER CREEK ARE APPROACHING
BANKFULL.
* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 815 PM EDT INCLUDE
AREAS BETWEEN BLAND AND MECHANICSBURG...ALONG WALKER CREEK.
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 3718 8091 3714 8088 3712 8094 3708 8094
3705 8105 3711 8110
$$
RCS2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 092253 FFSRNK VAC021-100015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 648 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT... EAST CENTRAL BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AT 650 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROUTE 604 AND ROUTE 608 HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AND MUDSLIDES...BETWEEN BLAND AND MECHANICSBURG...ALONG WALKERS CREEK. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER...RUNOFF CONTINUES TO BRING CREEKS AND STREAMS ABOVE THEIR BANKS. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BLAND COUNTY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 815 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ RS
000 WGUS71 KRNK 092353 FFSRNK VAC021-100015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 752 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT... EASTERN BLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AT 750 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VDOT IS STILL WORKING ALONG ROUTE 604 AND ROUTE 608 TO CLEAR GRAVEL AND MUD...BUT THAT THE WATER IS RECEDING. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. UNLESS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DEVELOPS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WATER LEVELS MAY BE TOO HIGH TO SAFELY CROSS. 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. $$ JJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 3 hr |
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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.