River Flood Warning 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA

000 
WGUS81 KRNK 160929
FLSRNK
 
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 
529 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
VIRGINIA...
 
  ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES 
 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY NIGHT HAS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT RISE
ALONG THE ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH. AT 4 AM...THE RIVER WAS 19.8
FEET AND SLOWLY RISING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE
FLOOD STAGE OF 21 FEET THIS MORNING...AND CREST NEAR 21.7 FEET
DURING THE DAY TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

 GRAPHICAL FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT 
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/RNK (LOWER CASE). CLICK ON RIVERS & LAKES 
AHPS.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE RIVER RISES
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...OR BY NOON TODAY.

&&

VAC037-083-161729-
/O.EXT.KRNK.FL.W.0003.090516T1103Z-090517T1536Z/
/RNDV2.1.ER.090516T1103Z.090516T1800Z.090517T0336Z.NO/
529 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH.
* FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* AT 04AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 21.7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
  FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT.
* THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.5 FEET ON NOV 18 
  2006.

$$

000 
WGUS81 KRNK 161532
FLSRNK
 
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 
1132 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS
IN VIRGINIA...
 
  ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH AFFECTING CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES
 
THE ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH CRESTED AT 20 FEET AROUND 730 AM TODAY.
THE RIVER IS FALLING...AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING THIS
AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR LATER 
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

 GRAPHICAL FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT 
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/RNK (LOWER CASE). CLICK ON RIVERS & LAKES 
AHPS.


 
 
THIS IS THE LAST SCHEDULED STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ROANOKE RIVER AT
RANDOLPH FOR THIS EVENT.

&&

VAC037-083-161602-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090517T1536Z/
/RNDV2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1132 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE ROANOKE RIVER AT RANDOLPH.
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. 
* AT 10AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.


$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
857 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A MOIST AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS OUR REGION TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE
SATURDAY REACHING THE COAST ON SUNDAY. COOLER HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN BUILD ACROSS THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
KFCX 88D LOOP SHOWED CONVECTION GENERALLY DECREASING IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. WITH COLD FRONT OFF TO
THE NORTH AND LOSS OF SOLAR HEATING EXPECT POPS TO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE OVERNIGHT WITH AREAS OF FOG
DEVELOPING LATE. 00Z RNK SOUNDING WAS QUITE MOIST WITH PWAT AT
1.25 INCH AND A LIGHT SOUTHEAST FLOW. USED A BLEND OF THE WRFARW-
RNK AND NAM12 FOR POPS TONIGHT. ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES ACCORDING TO
TRENDS AND PLAYED OVERNIGHT LOW MILD WITH READINGS CLOSE TO
ADJMETBC GUID.

STRONG UPSTREAM 5H TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATE
SATURDAY. BEST JET/DYNAMICS WILL SLIDE JUST NORTH WHICH MAY LIMIT
THE SVR POTENTIAL TO THE FAR NW OUTSIDE OF PULSE NATURE DEVELOPMENT.
SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ON TAP FOR
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

CONVECTION CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTH NEAR THE RESIDUAL
OLD OUTFLOW LEFTOVER FROM LAST NIGHT. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO
GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH GIVEN HIGH CAPES...POSSIBLY LINKING WITH
WHATS LEFT OF THE OLD FRONT IN SE WVA. COULD BE AN ISOLATED PULSE
SVR...OTRW MAIN CONCERN WITH SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS
ESPCLY GIVEN TROPICAL NATURE TO AIRMASS. PROGS SHOW MOISTURE NOT
QUITE AS DEEP OVERNIGHT AS LITTLE UPPER SUPPORT AND RESIDUAL FRONT
OFF TO THE NW. THUS THINK CHANCE/LOW LIKELY POPS WILL DIMINISH
QUICKER THIS EVENING WITH ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE OVERNIGHT WITH
SOME FOG AROUND LATE.

ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE ON SATURDAY AS THE STRONGER UPSTREAM
5H TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACH LATE IN THE DAY.
DEEPENING RH SUPPORTS SOME SCTD COVERAGE AHEAD OF THE FRONT ESPCLY
MOUNTAINS BY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN AREA REACHING THE WESTERN
SLOPES BY EVENING PER SLIGHTLY FASTER MODEL SOLUTIONS. GIVEN PWATS
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN THREAT BUT STEERING APPEARS ESPCLY
LATE IN THE DAY. BEST JET/DYNAMICS ALSO TO SLIDE JUST NORTH WHICH
MAY LIMIT THE SVR POTENTIAL TO THE FAR NW OUTSIDE OF PULSE NATURE
DEVELOPMENT. OTRW RUNNING WITH INCREASING POPS TO LIKELYS WESTERN
HALF SAT AFTERNOON AND HIGH CHANCE OUT EAST. WENT A LITTLE WARMER
ON TEMPS PENDING SOME SUN EARLY ON BUT STILL A LITTLE BELOW THE
WARMER MAV MOS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
MODELS ARE DECENT AGREEMENT ON THE SPEED OF THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH THE
GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER. MOST OF THE RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE GOING TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SAT EVENING...THEN WAVE ALONG
THE FRONT WILL STALL IT ACROSS ERN NC EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE
AN UPPER TROUGH KICKS IT SOUTHEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE HIGHEST
POPS OCCURRING SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BUT MOVING THE HIGHER POPS
EAST BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...AND DRYING IT OUT BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.

FOR THIS TIME PERIOD...KEPT CLOSE TO MET MOS/LOCAL MOS...TRENDING
COLDER ON SUNDAY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH A HIGH TEMP OCCURRING EARLY
IN THE DAY WITH STEADY OR FALLING TEMPS IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUN NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES IN FROM THE OH VALLEY AND LOWS
COULD DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING OVER THE SE WV MTNS INTO THE
HIGHLANDS.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP US DRY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE A
BACKDOOR FRONT ARRIVES WED-THU. UPPER RIDGE MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
SLOW THE FRONT DOWN FROM ARRIVING IN THE AREA UNTIL THURSDAY.
ANYWAY...POPS SEEM SMALL AS THE FLOW FROM THE GULF IS CUT OFF.
POTENTIAL SHOWS BEST CHANCES WILL LAY ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC.

TEMPS SHOULD MODIFY BACK TO AT AND ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE WEEK
AFTER THE INTIAL COOLD DOWN MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /01Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH ISOLD MVFR/IFR IN CONVECTION THIS
EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DETERIORATE TONIGHT WITH LOWERING
CIGS AND VSBYS ONCE THE DIURNAL CONVECTION WANES. POTENTIAL FOR
AREAS OF LIFR IN THE VALLEYS ESPCLY WHERE RAIN FELL THIS AFTERNOON.

WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER STRONGER
COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST SAT AND SAT NIGHT. THIS WILL
RESULT IN PERIODS OF AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS PERSISTING INTO
SUNDAY. LCL IFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE VCNTY OF ANY SHOWER
OR STORM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FINALLY BUILD IN ON MONDAY BEHIND THE
FRONT RESULTING IN A SLOW IMPROVEMENT TO VFR FROM NW TO SE BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON. GOOD FLYING CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO
PREVAIL INTO MIDWEEK.

&&

.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JH/KK
NEAR TERM...JH/KK
SHORT TERM...WP
LONG TERM...WP
AVIATION...JH/KK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
450 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059-
WVZ042>045-160900-
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-WILKES-
YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-
CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-
PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-
APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-
GREENBRIER-
450 AM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO COULD PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
354 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

NCZ001-018-152045-
ASHE NC-WATAUGA NC-
354 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT ASHE AND WATAUGA
COUNTIES...

AT 350 PM EDT...SLOW MOVING THUNRDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
CLIFTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH...BUT REDEVELOPING FURTHER
NORTHEAST TOWARD JEFFERSON.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER
TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT BALDWIN...TROUT...ASHLAND AND TODD THROUGH
430 PM.

IF TRAVELING...BE ALERT TO STANDING WATER ON THE ROADS...AND POOLING
IN LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS...HAIL OR
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3634 8183 3634 8172 3636 8175 3641 8175
      3642 8173 3646 8172 3658 8138 3657 8137
      3646 8129 3617 8175 3631 8189

EXPERIMENTAL

WP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
448 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

VAZ043-152145-
HENRY VA-
448 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CITY OF MARTINSVILLE AND NORTH
CENTRAL HENRY COUNTIES...

AT 447 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MARTINSVILLE
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR FIGSBORO AROUND 545 PM.

LAT...LON 3681 7990 3677 7973 3664 7984 3669 7994

EXPERIMENTAL

RCS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
502 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

VAZ034-152200-
BEDFORD VA-
502 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY...

AT 500 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
HUDDLESTON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR HUDDLESTON AROUND 555 PM.

LAT...LON 3710 7942 3706 7945 3707 7947 3706 7948
      3703 7947 3703 7950 3705 7954 3724 7963
      3725 7939

EXPERIMENTAL

RCS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
540 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

VAZ007-010-WVZ042-152230-
BLAND VA-MERCER WV-TAZEWELL VA-
540 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF BLAND...MERCER AND
TAZEWELL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 536 PM EDT...AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM KEGLEY WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST TO ABBS VALLEY AND
BLUEFIELD VIRGINIA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST...AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE
INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MONTCALM...SOUTHWEST TO TIPTOP.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING 1...8 6 6...2 1
5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3728 8143 3729 8140 3731 8140 3734 8136
      3737 8135 3741 8131 3734 8110 3714 8127
      3720 8150

EXPERIMENTAL

WP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
558 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

NCZ003-020-152300-
SURRY NC-YADKIN NC-
558 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SURRY AND YADKIN
COUNTIES...

AT 553 PM EDT...A NEARLY STATIONARY STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST
OF ROCKFORD ALONG THE YADKIN RIVER. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADS IN THE RICHMOND
HILL...SMITHTOWN AREAS AND ALONG HIGHWAY 67.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM SHOULD BE UP TO AN INCH OVER THE
NEXT HOUR. THIS WILL QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS..AS WELL. IF TRAVELING...BE ALERT TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AND SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. IF A STREET IS FLOODED...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING 1...8 6 6...2 1
5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3632 8055 3622 8050 3620 8068 3629 8068

EXPERIMENTAL

WP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
625 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

VAZ013-152330-
PULASKI VA-
625 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 625 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RADFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA-SIZED HAIL AND BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR DUBLIN AROUND 650 PM AND PARROTT AROUND 730
PM.

LAT...LON 3718 8082 3721 8069 3725 8061 3721 8062
      3720 8060 3713 8058 3713 8060 3708 8058
      3707 8065

EXPERIMENTAL

RCS