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Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 19, 2003, 8:35 AM EST for Carroll County, Patrick County, City of Galax, Virginia. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 19, 2003, 8:35 AM EST (13:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2003, 1:30 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, VA, City of Galax, VA, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRNK 191338
FFWRNK
VAC005-017-560-580-WVC025-063-191730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
835 AM EST WED NOV 19 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
CLIFTON FORGE IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
BATH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1230 PM EST
* AT 835 AM EST...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.
AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE AREA...AND THIS
BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS
WILL CAUSE SHARP RISES AND FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN GREENBRIER COUNTY ALREADY REPORTED FLOODING ALONG
MILL CREEK IN THE RUPERT AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 1230 PM EST INCLUDE
RUPERT...
WILLIAMSBURG...
RENICK...
UNION...
PETERSTOWN...
COVINGTON...
CLIFTON FORGE...
WARM SPRINGS...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
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 3818 7946 3787 7971 3762 8022 3749 8040
3745 8075 3759 8075 3772 8064 3785 8073
3807 8073 3823 8043 3807 8030 3806 7997
3824 7976
$$
06The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 4:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 5:42 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 5 hr |
| Nov 19, 6:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 7:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Wythe | 4 hr |
| Nov 19, 7:44 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Smyth | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 8:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 4 hr |
| Nov 19, 10:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford | 45 min |
| Nov 19, 11:25 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin, Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 11:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 1:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst | 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.