Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Sep 3, 2011, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)

Expired

Sep 3, 2011, 9:42 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Wythe County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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942 
WGUS51 KRNK 032221
FFWRNK
VAC197-040415-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0073.110903T2221Z-110904T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
621 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WYTHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT.

* AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAHAMS
  FORGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA AS ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG GLADE CREEK AND REED CREEK.

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 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 3699 8085 3692 8078 3686 8096 3693 8102

$$

AMS

925 
WGUS71 KRNK 040047
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
847 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

VAC197-040415-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110904T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYTHE VA-
847 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
EASTERN WYTHE COUNTY...

AT 842 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP 
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE 3:00 PM 
SATURDAY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAHAMS 
FORGE AND ALONG REED CREEK AND GLADE CREEK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 8085 3692 8078 3686 8096 3693 8102

$$

AMS

582 
WGUS71 KRNK 040142
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
942 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

VAC197-040152-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110904T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYTHE VA-
942 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN WYTHE
COUNTY...

FLOODING HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3699 8085 3692 8078 3686 8096 3693 8102

$$

AMS

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

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.