Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2007, 5:09 AM EDT for Greenbrier County, West 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2007, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2007, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greenbrier County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 651 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 150911
FFWRNK
WVC025-151315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
509 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 915 AM EDT
* AT 505 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A
ROCKSLIDE ACROSS HIGHWAY 219 SOUTH OF LEWISBURG. DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA
WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE
COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWN OF QUINWOOD.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEARTOWN
STATE PARK...WILLIAMSBURG...TROUT...RUPERT...RORER...RENICK...
QUINWOOD...NEOLA...MEADOW BLUFF...LEONARD...FRANKFORD...FALLING
SPRING...DUO...ANJEAN AND ALVON
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF GREENBRIER
COUNTY.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAIN
COULD ALSO CAUSE ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.
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 3775 8060 3778 8032 3796 8013 3822 8041
3805 8076
$$
PH2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KRNK 151130
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
722 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007
WVC025-151315-
GREENBRIER WV-
722 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EDT FOR
GREENBRIER COUNTY...
AT 715 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
OVER A FEW ROADS ACROSS GREENBRIER COUNTY. AT 422 AM...WATER WAS
REPORTED OVER ROUTE 60. AT 502 AM...WATER WAS OVER ROUTE 219 NEAR
FAIRLEA. AT 657 AM...WATER WAS OVER ROADS IN BLUE SULPHUR SPRINGS
AND BLAKER MILLS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEARTOWN
STATE PARK...WILLIAMSBURG...TROUT...RORER...RENICK...QUINWOOD...
NEOLA...LEONARD...FALLING SPRING...DUO AND ANJEAN
WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF GREENBRIER COUNTY..AN
ADDITIONAL ONE-QUARTER TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE COUNTY. ALSO...RUNOFF THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND
STREAMS TO RISE AND COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
LAT...LON 3775 8060 3778 8032 3796 8013 3822 8041
3805 8076
$$
PH000
WGUS71 KRNK 151316
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
914 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007
WVC025-151324-
GREENBRIER WV-
914 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM EDT FOR GREENBRIER
COUNTY...
HOWEVER...A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS
STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY FOR THE
NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING...HOWEVER RAPID RISES OF STREAMS RESULTING IN FLASH
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
RELAY YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BLACKSBURG BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
LAT...LON 3775 8060 3778 8032 3796 8013 3822 8041
3805 8076
$$
SKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:14 PM EDT | Snow Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Summers | 12 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:30 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RNK | Mercer, Monroe, Summers | 51 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West 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.