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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2011, 6:43 PM EDT for Carroll County, Virginia; Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. 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 10, 2011, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2011, 7:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Surry County, NC, Carroll County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
310
WGUS51 KRNK 102243
FFWRNK
NCC171-VAC035-110445-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0040.110610T2243Z-110611T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
643 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.
* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAMBSBURG...WOODVILLE...WESTFIELD...TOAST...PINE RIDGE...MOUNT AIRY
AND FLAT ROCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HLAF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
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 ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING INCLUDING MUDSLIDES...OR ROAD
CLOSURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG BY CALLING
TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. DELAYED REPORTS ARE WELCOME.
&&
LAT...LON 3633 8066 3660 8081 3657 8061 3656 8061
3655 8044 3630 8046
$$1 follow-up statement
859
WGUS71 KRNK 102343
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
743 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
NCC171-VAC035-102353-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110611T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SURRY NC-CARROLL VA-
743 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN SURRY AND
SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES...
FLOODING HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3633 8066 3660 8081 3657 8061 3656 8061
3655 8044 3630 8046
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Craig, Giles | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 2:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 4:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Franklin, City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 5:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, City of Lynchburg | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 6:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bath | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Martinsville | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 68 min |
| Jun 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 68 min |
| Jun 10, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 18 min |
| Jun 10, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 33 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.