Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

May 31, 2007, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)

Expired

May 31, 2007, 11:15 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Flood severity

None

County Amherst County, VA

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WGUS51 KRNK 312325
FFWRNK
VAC009-010315-
/X.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0002.070531T2322Z-070601T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
722 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 719 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALTO
  TO NAOLA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF FORKS OF
  BUFFALO TO BIG ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PLEASANT VIEW...LOWESVILLE AND ELON

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 
WESTNER HALF OF AMHERST COUNTY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BRINGING AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES.

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...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF 
THE COUNTY. SOME SPECIFIC CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT WILL FLOOD 
INCLUDE...CEDAR CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK....AND LONG BRANCH.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...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 3778 7918 3780 7925 3775 7928 3758 7941
      3753 7932 3748 7919 3769 7904 3779 7915

$$

WP

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WGUS71 KRNK 010106
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
855 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

VAC009-010315-
/X.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070601T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMHERST VA-
855 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
AMHERST COUNTY...

AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE LINE 
OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY INTO WESTERN BEDFORD 
COUNTY AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALTO 
AND LOWESVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE 
WARNED AREA BY 11:00 PM. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN 
FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG PEDLAR RIVER AND PINEY RIVER. 

DAVIS MILL CREEK WILL FLOOD ROUTE 634 AND ROUTE 755. 

FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED IN PEDLAR MILLS AT ROUTE 635 AT THE 
INTERSECTION OF MINERS BRANCH ROAD...ALONG ROUTE 643 AND ON ROUTE 
640 NEAR THE TOWN OF PLEASANT VIEW. 

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3778 7918 3780 7925 3775 7928 3758 7941
      3753 7932 3748 7919 3769 7904 3779 7915

$$

AMS

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WGUS71 KRNK 010212
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1011 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

VAC009-010221-
/X.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070601T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMHERST VA-
1011 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AMHERST COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IF YOU LIVE IN WESTERN AMHERST COUNTY...AND EXPERIENCED FLOODING 
EARLIER THIS EVENING...PLEASE CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL 
FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.

LAT...LON 3778 7918 3780 7925 3775 7928 3758 7941
      3753 7932 3748 7919 3769 7904 3779 7915

$$

WP

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.