Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Blacksburg, VA

Issued

Sep 5, 2011, 11:22 PM EDT (03:22 UTC)

Expired

Sep 6, 2011, 5:15 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Blacksburg, VA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Amherst County, VA

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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147 
WGUS51 KRNK 060322
FFWRNK
VAC009-060915-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0080.110906T0322Z-110906T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1122 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  AMHERST COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT.

* AT 1115 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 SNOWDEN...
  PLEASANT VIEW...NEW GLASGOW...LOWESVILLE...FORKS OF BUFFALO...
  CLIFFORD AND AMHERST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3777 7906 3771 7905 3770 7898 3756 7890
      3754 7886 3742 7905 3742 7907 3739 7909
      3742 7914 3751 7923 3750 7929 3751 7934
      3759 7938 3761 7942 3780 7912

$$

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276 
WGUS71 KRNK 060603
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
203 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

VAC009-060915-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110906T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMHERST VA-
203 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR
AMHERST COUNTY...

AT 152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SNOWDEN...
PLEASANT VIEW...NEW GLASGOW...LOWESVILLE...FORKS OF BUFFALO...
CLIFFORD AND AMHERST

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA. THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF 
RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING.

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3777 7906 3771 7905 3770 7898 3756 7890
      3754 7886 3742 7905 3742 7907 3739 7909
      3742 7914 3751 7923 3750 7929 3751 7934
      3759 7938 3761 7942 3780 7912

$$

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880 
WGUS71 KRNK 060913
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
513 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

VAC009-060921-
/O.EXP.KRNK.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110906T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMHERST VA-
513 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM EDT FOR AMHERST
COUNTY...

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY...CAUSING 
RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA TO RISE...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE 
FLOODING ON ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3777 7906 3771 7905 3770 7898 3756 7890
      3754 7886 3742 7905 3742 7907 3739 7909
      3742 7914 3751 7923 3750 7929 3751 7934
      3759 7938 3761 7942 3780 7912

$$

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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.