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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

January 14, 2005Franklin County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jan 14, 2005, 1:23 AM EST for Franklin 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
Jan 14, 2005, 1:23 AM EST (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2005, 4:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2005-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KRNK 140628
FFWRNK
VAC067-140930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
123 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 430 AM EST

* AT 121 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WIRTZ...
  CALLAWAY...BURNT CHIMNEY AND BOONES MILL.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN THREE HOURS
HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS AREA OF RAIN. LOOK FOR THIS HEAVY RAIN TO
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE 
COUNTY. THE FOLLOWING CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD...
GREEN CREEK...BLACKWATER RIVER AND MAGGODEE CREEK. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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. REMEMBER 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 3688 8018 3684 8002 3691 7992 3718 7971
      3722 7982 3713 7996 3714 8007 3698 8010

$$

WP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KRNK 140744
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
242 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005

VAC067-140930-
FRANKLIN VA-
242 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM EST FOR WESTERN 
FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 239 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 
OVER THE WARNED AREA. A ROAD WAS CLOSED IN CALLAWAY DUE TO GREEN
CREEK BEING OUT OF ITS BANKS. A ROAD WAS ALSO CLOSED DUE TO HIGH 
WATER IN THE CITY OF FERRUM.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
WIRTZ...CALLAWAY AND BOONES MILL.

RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLASH 
FLOODING IN WESTENR FRANKLIN COUNTY.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3688 8018 3684 8002 3691 7992 3718 7971
      3722 7982 3713 7996 3714 8007 3698 8010

$$

WHP
000 
WGUS71 KRNK 140927
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
426 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005

VAC067-140936-
FRANKLIN VA-
426 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 AM
EST...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT CREEKS IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY 
HAD RECEDED...AND FLOODING HAD ENDED.

LAT...LON 3688 8018 3684 8002 3691 7992 3718 7971
      3722 7982 3713 7996 3714 8007 3698 8010

$$

05

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 11:42 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville175 days
Jan 13, 11:57 PM ESTTornado WarningRNKFranklin175 days
Jan 14, 12:58 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningRNKPatrick2 hr
Jan 14, 1:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick69 days

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.