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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2007, 4:49 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 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 1, 2007, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Pulaski County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KRNK 012052 FFWRNK VAC155-020045- /X.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0004.070601T2049Z-070602T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 449 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * STREAMS THAT ARE IN THE WARNING AREA AND ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING ARE...TRACT FORK...PEAK CREEK...AND THORNE SPRINGS BRANCH NORTH OF THE PULASKI AREA. 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. 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 3700 8085 3703 8071 3719 8074 3711 8092 $$ JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KRNK 012124 FFSRNK FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 519 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 VAC155-020045- /X.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070602T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PULASKI VA- 519 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY... AT 516 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOSTLY ENDED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY WITH ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL REMAINING. THIS RAINFALL WAS DISSIPATING...HOWEVER EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WAS CONTINUING ALONG PEAK CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. RADAR AND GAGE REPORTS IN THE AREA WERE IN THE 3 TO 3.5 INCH RANGE BETWEEN THE TIMES OF 400 PM AND 520 PM. FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING ALONG AND NEAR PEAK CREEK. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. LAT...LON 3700 8085 3703 8071 3719 8074 3711 8092 $$
000 WGUS71 KRNK 012240 FFSRNK FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 638 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 VAC155-012248- /X.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070602T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PULASKI VA- 638 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU LIVE IN WESTERN PULASKI 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 3700 8085 3703 8071 3719 8074 3711 8092 $$ KM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 61 min |
| May 31, 9:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Henry | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 77 min |
| Jun 1, 6:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bath, Rockbridge | 78 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.