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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 10, 2011Carroll County, Virginia; Surry County, North Carolina

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig, Giles46 min
Jun 9, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCraig61 min
Jun 9, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAlleghany, City of Covington54 min
Jun 9, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBedford64 min
Jun 9, 9:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Botetourt, Craig31 min
Jun 9, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBedford45 min
Jun 10, 2:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAmherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg51 min
Jun 10, 3:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAmherst, Bedford, City of Lynchburg33 min
Jun 10, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAmherst, Bedford, Franklin, City of Lynchburg34 min
Jun 10, 5:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAppomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania, City of Lynchburg47 min
Jun 10, 6:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville55 min
Jun 10, 1:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Bath59 min
Jun 10, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPulaski32 min
Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBath25 min
Jun 10, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKBath42 min
Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Covington54 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKFranklin37 min
Jun 10, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKPulaski39 min
Jun 10, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Roanoke30 min
Jun 10, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Galax24 min
Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Roanoke30 min
Jun 10, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKFranklin25 min
Jun 10, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKCity of Martinsville39 min
Jun 10, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, City of Martinsville68 min
Jun 10, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKAshe63 min
Jun 10, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKWatauga54 min
Jun 10, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKWilkes68 min
Jun 10, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAshe, Watauga, Wilkes62 min
Jun 10, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, Surry, Wilkes37 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKWilkes25 min
Jun 10, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKSurry32 min
Jun 10, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKSurry29 min
Jun 10, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKYadkin36 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes67 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKStokes18 min
Jun 10, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKYadkin36 min
Jun 10, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes30 min
Jun 10, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRNKStokes33 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.