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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 10, 2005Giles County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT for Giles 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
Jun 10, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Giles County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 101947
FFWRNK
VAC071-102245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
345 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GILES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITE      
  GATE...THESSALIA...POPLAR HILL AND BANE. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 
WALKER CREEK...AS WELL AS SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE SOUTHERN 
PORTION OF THE COUNTY. 

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.

FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW 
WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN 
BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID 
STREAMS OR CREEKS IN THESE AREAS.

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 3717 8084 3721 8073 3723 8070 3729 8071
      3725 8089

$$

WP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KRNK 102048
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
446 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

VAC071-102245-
GILES VA-
446 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR GILES
COUNTY...

AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE HEAVY RAINS FALLING ALONG CREEKS THAT FEED INTO WALKER 
CREEK. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS FALLEN SINCE 300 PM IN THE WALKER CREEK AREA...BETWEEN WHITE 
GATE AND POPLAR HILL. WITH RAIN PERSISTING...EXPECT FLASH FLOODING 
OF WALKER CREEK TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE POPLAR HILL AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
THESSALIA AND BANE.

TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

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 TO TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3717 8084 3721 8072 3723 8070 3729 8071
      3725 8089

$$

WP
000 
WGUS71 KRNK 102246
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
644 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

VAC071-102254-
GILES VA-
644 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GILES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM EDT...

RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 
NO FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS ENDED.

IF YOU SAW FLOODING EARLIER IN THE POPLAR HILL AREA OR ALONG WALKER 
CREEK...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG 
AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3717 8084 3721 8072 3723 8070 3729 8071
      3725 8089

$$

WP

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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.