Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 14, 2005, 12:58 AM EST for Patrick County, Virginia; Surry County, North Carolina. 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
- Jan 14, 2005, 12:58 AM EST (05:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2005, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Surry County, NC, Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KRNK 140604
FFWRNK
NCC171-VAC141-140800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1258 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 300 AM EST
* AT 1257 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOOLWINE...
CHARITY...BUFFALO RIDGE...ARARAT...WESTFIELD...TOAST...PINE
RIDGE...MOUNT AIRY...FLAT ROCK AND BOTTOM.
IN SURRY COUNTY...LOOK FOR LOVILLS CREEK TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS...
WITH FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED TO AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM MOUNT AIRY
AND NORTH. IN PATRICK COUNTY...FLASH FLOODING ALONG IVY CREEK...
HOOKER CREEK AND CLARKS CREEK CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL AFFECT
LOCATIONS SUCH AS VESTA...CLAUDVILLE AND ARARAT.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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. IF DRIVING...DO NOT
CROSS FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
LAT...LON 3640 8079 3640 8057 3654 8045 3685 8012
3686 8024 3683 8027 3663 8050 3663 8059
3655 8060 3655 8088
$$
WP1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KRNK 140742
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
238 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005
NCC171-VAC141-140800-
SURRY NC-PATRICK VA-
238 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM EST FOR PATRICK AND
SURRY COUNTIES...
AT 234 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
BETWEEN STUART AND ARARAT. A MUDSLIDE AT WILLIS GAP HAS CLOSED THE
ROAD NEAR ARARAT. THERE IS ALSO NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DEBRIS ON ROADS
WHICH IS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
IN MOUNT AIRY...BUSINESSES WERE BEING FLOODED FROM LOVILLS
CREEK. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER ON SOME OF
THE STREETS.
IF YOU ARE IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO LANDSLIDES, CONSIDER LEAVING IF
SAFE TO DO SO. BE ESPECIALLY ALERT WHEN DRIVING. EMBANKMENTS ALONG
ROADSIDES ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO LANDSLIDES. WATCH THE ROAD
FOR COLLAPSED PAVEMENT, MUD, FALLEN ROCKS, AND OTHER INDICATIONS OF
POSSIBLE DEBRIS FLOWS.
LAT...LON 3640 8079 3640 8057 3654 8045 3685 8012
3686 8024 3683 8027 3663 8050 3663 8059
3655 8060 3655 8088
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 11:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 175 days |
| Jan 13, 11:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Franklin | 175 days |
| Jan 14, 1:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 69 days |
| Jan 14, 1:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jan 13, 7:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes | 69 days |
| Jan 13, 10:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Yadkin | 175 days |
| Jan 13, 10:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Watauga | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2005Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.