Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2003, 8:04 PM EDT for Bedford 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 10, 2003, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2003, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bedford County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRNK 110006
FFWRNK
VAC019-110300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
804 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 804 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN BEDFORD
COUNTY BETWEEN SEDALIA AND BIG ISLAND. THESE STORMS HAVE ALREADY
DUMPED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BRING AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 900 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE
FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1100 PM EDT INCLUDE
BIG ISLAND...
SEDALIA...
STONY CREEK...
NORTH OTTER CREEK...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3760 7942 3746 7926 3734 7942 3742 7964
3750 7955
$$
062 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 110058 FFSRNK VAC019-110245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 855 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM EDT... NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY...FROM NEAR THE CITY OF BEDFORD...NORTHEAST TO THE TOWN OF BIG ISLAND. RADAR ESTIMATES 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 10:30 PM...AND THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE BIG ISLAND AND SEDALIA AREAS...AND ALONG STONY CREEK...NORTH OTTER CREEK...AND POSSIBLY THE BIG OTTER RIVER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. $$ JJ
000 WGUS71 KRNK 110059 CCA FFSRNK VAC019-110245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME OF WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 855 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY...FROM NEAR THE CITY OF BEDFORD...NORTHEAST TO THE TOWN OF BIG ISLAND. RADAR ESTIMATES 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH 10:30 PM...AND THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE BIG ISLAND AND SEDALIA AREAS...AND ALONG STONY CREEK...NORTH OTTER CREEK...AND POSSIBLY THE BIG OTTER RIVER. 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. $$ JJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.