Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2006, 6:11 PM EDT for Alleghany County, Craig County, City of Covington, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2006, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Alleghany County, VA, City of Covington, VA, Craig County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Sw Covington City, VA | POTTS CREEK AND BLUESPRINGS RUN OUT OF BANKS. EMS/FIRE DISPATCHED TO CLEAR DEBRIS OFF ROUTE 18. WATER RECEDED ENOUGH BY 750 PM TO ALLOW VEHICLES TO PASS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 252212
FFWRNK
VAC005-045-580-260100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
611 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAIG COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
CITY OF COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 611 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
THESE STROMS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH FOR THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO...AND WILL BRING A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN TO
AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POTTS
CREEK...JORDAN MINES...HOLLINS...EARLEHURST...COVINGTON CITY AND
CALLAGHAN.
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. STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF
COVINGTON IS ALSO LIKELY.
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 3735 8041 3744 8006 3755 8000 3766 8002
3772 7992 3789 7980 3791 8008 3780 8019
3767 8027 3761 8022
$$
JJ2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KRNK 252243
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
630 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
VAC005-045-580-260100-
CRAIG VA-CITY OF COVINGTON VA-ALLEGHANY VA-
630 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CRAIG
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
COVINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED
FROM NEAR COVINGTON...SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE PAINT BANK AREA OF
CRAIG COUNTY...AND ON INTO THE SINKING CREEK AREA. THE STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL BRING
ANOTHER INCH OR SO OF RAIN THROUGH 730 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME
AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JORDAN
MINES...EARLEHURST...COVINGTON CITY...CALLAGHAN...PAINT BANK AND
SINKING CREEK. BLUE SPRINGS RUN WILL LIKELY FLOOD IN SOUTHERN
ALLEGHANY COUNTY...INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 615 IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS
WHERE IT PARALLELS THE CREEK. IT MAY FLOOD ROUTE 18 NEAR THE TOWN
BLUE SPRINGS AT THE JUNCTION WITH POTTS CREEK.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3741 8045 3735 8028 3755 8008 3766 8001
3772 7992 3789 7980 3791 8008 3780 8019
3767 8027 3761 8022
$$
JJ000
WGUS71 KRNK 252353
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
VAC005-045-580-260000-
CRAIG VA-CITY OF COVINGTON VA-ALLEGHANY VA-
750 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CRAIG COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND ALLEGHANY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF COVINGTON
IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
WATERS SHOULD BE RECEDING FROM ANY FLOODING THAT OCCURRED. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY MOVE
INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.
LAT...LON 3741 8045 3735 8028 3755 8008 3766 8001
3772 7992 3789 7980 3791 8008 3780 8019
3767 8027 3761 8022
$$
JJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Giles | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.