Alert archive / Virginia / Flood Watches in 2011
Flood Watch 3, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flood watch at Mar 5, 2011, 3:43 AM EST for 27 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in North Carolina; Mercer County, Monroe County, Summers County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 5, 2011, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2011, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2011, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Flood severity
- None
All 35 counties
Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Surry County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Carroll County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
505 WGUS61 KRNK 050843 FFARNK URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 343 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...THREAT OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING EXISTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE EAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...EXITING TO THE EAST COAST BY SUNDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL BEGIN PUSHING INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ENHANCE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...AND LOW PRESSURE PUSHES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA INTO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THIS TIME...WHICH COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-WVZ042>045-051645- /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.A.0003.110306T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 343 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC... ASHE AND WATAUGA. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...GILES... GRAYSON...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...LASTING INTO SUNDAY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH SOME AREAS HAVING WETTER GROUNDS FROM LAST WEEKS RAINS...THIS INCREASES THE THREAT OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING. * SMALL STREAM FLOODING FROM SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. ALSO...SOME RIVERS LIKE THE CLINCH AND ALL FORKS OF THE HOLSTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COULD RISE AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
9 follow-up statements
323 WGUS61 KRNK 051523 FFARNK FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1023 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...THREAT OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING EXISTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE EAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...EXITING TO THE EAST COAST BY SUNDAY EVENING. STEADY RAIN WILL BEGIN PUSHING INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ENHANCE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...AND LOW PRESSURE PUSHES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA INTO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS DURING THIS TIME...WHICH COULD CAUSE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BLUE RIDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-WVZ042>045-052330- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.110306T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 1023 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE AND WATAUGA. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...GILES...GRAYSON...SMYTH... TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER... MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT... LASTING INTO SUNDAY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH SOME AREAS HAVING WETTER GROUNDS FROM LAST WEEKS RAINS...THIS INCREASES THE THREAT OF SMALL STREAM FLOODING. * SMALL STREAM FLOODING FROM SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. ALSO...SOME RIVERS LIKE THE CLINCH AND ALL FORKS OF THE HOLSTON IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COULD RISE AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
047 WGUS61 KRNK 051946 AAA FFARNK URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 246 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE EAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT...EXITING TO THE EAST COAST BY SUNDAY EVENING. STEADY RAIN WILL BEGIN PUSHING INTO THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ENHANCE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...AND LOW PRESSURE PUSHES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA INTO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS DURING THIS TIME...WHICH COULD CAUSE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST WEST VIRGINIA WHERE RAINFALL RATES MAY BE HIGHER. NCZ003-019-VAZ013-014-016>020-022>024-032-060400- /O.EXB.KRNK.FA.A.0003.110306T0500Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SURRY-WILKES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART 246 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... SURRY AND WILKES. IN VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...BATH... BOTETOURT...CARROLL...CRAIG...FLOYD...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK... PULASKI...ROANOKE AND ROCKBRIDGE. * FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT... LASTING INTO SUNDAY. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH SOME AREAS HAVING WETTER GROUNDS FROM LAST WEEKS RAINS...THIS INCREASES THE THREAT OF SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING. * SMALL STREAM FLOODING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. ALSO...SOME RIVER FLOODING COULD DEVELOP AS THE HEAVIER RAINFALL EXITS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-WVZ042>045-060400- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.110306T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 246 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE AND WATAUGA. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...GILES...GRAYSON...SMYTH... TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER... MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT... LASTING INTO SUNDAY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...AND WITH SOME AREAS HAVING WETTER GROUNDS FROM LAST WEEKS RAINS...THIS INCREASES THE THREAT OF SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING. * SMALL STREAM FLOODING FROM SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. ALSO...SOME RIVERS LIKE THE CLINCH...HOLSTON AND GREENBRIER COULD RISE AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD LATER SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
451 WGUS61 KRNK 060324 FFARNK FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1024 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE EAST INTO THE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...EXITING TO THE EAST COAST BY SUNDAY EVENING. RAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AS STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ENHANCE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE...AND LOW PRESSURE PUSHES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA INTO THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD CAUSE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS TO FLOOD. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE AND IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA WHERE RAINFALL RATES MAY BE HIGHER. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-WVZ042>045-061130- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE- GRAYSON-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...WYTHEVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 1024 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE AND WATAUGA. IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...BLAND...GILES...GRAYSON...SMYTH... TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER... MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...LASTING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. WITH SOME AREAS HAVING WETTER GROUNDS FROM LAST WEEKS RAINS...THIS INCREASES THE THREAT OF SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING. * SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. ALSO...SOME RIVERS LIKE THE CLINCH...HOLSTON AND GREENBRIER COULD RISE AND POTENTIALLY FLOOD LATER SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ013-014-016>020-022>024-032-061130- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.110306T0500Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SURRY-WILKES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...RADFORD... PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART 1024 PM EST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...SURRY AND WILKES. IN VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...BATH...BOTETOURT...CARROLL...CRAIG... FLOYD...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...ROANOKE AND ROCKBRIDGE. * THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT... LASTING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. WITH SOME AREAS HAVING WETTER GROUNDS FROM LAST WEEKS RAINS...THIS INCREASES THE THREAT OF SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING. * SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY MORNING. ALSO...SOME RIVER FLOODING COULD DEVELOP AS THE HEAVIER RAINFALL EXITS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
684 WGUS61 KRNK 060917 FFARNK FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 417 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS TODAY... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH AREA THIS MORNING AND EXIT THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER RAINS ALONG THIS FRONT AND BEHIND IT WILL BE OCCURRING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATE IN THE DAY. SOME AREAS WILL BE SEEING AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN STARTED SATURDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THIS MUCH RAIN COULD CAUSE STREAMS AND EVENTUALLY SOME RIVERS TO FLOOD. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032-WVZ042>045-061730- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 417 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...SURRY...WATAUGA AND WILKES. IN VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...BATH...BLAND...BOTETOURT...CARROLL... CRAIG...FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK... PULASKI...ROANOKE...ROCKBRIDGE...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. THIS WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE SATURDAY POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 3 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BRING SMALL STREAMS UP WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THIS COULD ALSO BRING SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE CLINCH...GREENBRIER AND HOLSTON RIVERS CLOSE TO BANKFULL OR HIGHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
978 WGUS61 KRNK 061304 FFARNK URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 804 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS TODAY... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH AREA THIS MORNING AND EXIT THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER RAINS ALONG THIS FRONT AND BEHIND IT WILL BE OCCURRING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATE IN THE DAY. SOME AREAS WILL BE SEEING AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN STARTED SATURDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THIS MUCH RAIN COULD CAUSE STREAMS AND EVENTUALLY SOME RIVERS TO FLOOD. VAZ033>035-062115- /O.EXA.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST 804 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AMHERST. IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...BEDFORD. IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA... FRANKLIN. * UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE SATURDAY POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 3 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BRING SMALL STREAMS UP WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032-WVZ042>045-062115- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE- GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...BLUEFIELD... FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO... RAINELLE 804 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...SURRY...WATAUGA AND WILKES. IN VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...BATH...BLAND...BOTETOURT...CARROLL... CRAIG...FLOYD...GILES...GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK... PULASKI...ROANOKE...ROCKBRIDGE...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. THIS WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE SATURDAY POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 3 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BRING SMALL STREAMS UP WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THIS COULD ALSO BRING SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE CLINCH...GREENBRIER AND HOLSTON RIVERS CLOSE TO BANKFULL OR HIGHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
712 WGUS61 KRNK 061354 AAA FFARNK FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 854 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS TODAY... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST THROUGH AREA THIS MORNING AND EXIT THE PIEDMONT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER RAINS ALONG THIS FRONT AND BEHIND IT WILL BE OCCURRING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATE IN THE DAY. SOME AREAS WILL BE SEEING AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN STARTED SATURDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THIS MUCH RAIN COULD CAUSE STREAMS AND EVENTUALLY SOME RIVERS TO FLOOD. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045- 062200- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 854 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...SURRY...WATAUGA AND WILKES. IN VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...AMHERST...BATH...BEDFORD...BLAND... BOTETOURT...CARROLL...CRAIG...FLOYD...FRANKLIN...GILES... GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...ROANOKE... ROCKBRIDGE...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. THIS WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE SATURDAY POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 3 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BRING SMALL STREAMS UP WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE. THIS COULD ALSO BRING SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE CLINCH...GREENBRIER AND HOLSTON RIVERS CLOSE TO BANKFULL OR HIGHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
116 WGUS61 KRNK 061643 FFARNK FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1143 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...THREAT OF FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER RAINS ALONG THIS FRONT AND BEHIND IT WILL BE OCCURRING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATE IN THE DAY. SOME AREAS WILL BE SEEING AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN STARTED SATURDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THIS MUCH RAIN WILL CAUSE STREAMS AND POSSIBLY SOME RIVERS TO FLOOD. NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-WVZ042>045- 070000- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES- WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA- BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD- AMHERST-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON... BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG... WYTHEVILLE...RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION... LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 1143 AM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA... ALLEGHANY NC...ASHE...SURRY...WATAUGA AND WILKES. IN VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...AMHERST...BATH...BEDFORD...BLAND... BOTETOURT...CARROLL...CRAIG...FLOYD...FRANKLIN...GILES... GRAYSON...MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...ROANOKE... ROCKBRIDGE...SMYTH...TAZEWELL AND WYTHE. IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...GREENBRIER...MERCER...MONROE AND SUMMERS. * UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING * RAINFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF LATE. AN ADDITIONAL 1.0 TO 2.0 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE SATURDAY POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING 4 INCHES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAKE THE FORM OF WET SNOW WHICH SHOULD LIMIT THE ADDED FLOOD THREAT THIS AFTERNOON. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING. THIS COULD ALSO BRING SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE CLINCH...GREENBRIER AND HOLSTON RIVERS CLOSE TO BANKFULL OR HIGHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
654 WGUS61 KRNK 062013 AAA FFARNK FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 313 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...THREAT OF FLOODING CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE STREAMS AND POSSIBLY SOME RIVERS TO FLOOD. NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009-010-012-015-WVZ042>045-062115- /O.CAN.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-WYTHE-GRAYSON- MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE... TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...WYTHEVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP...HINTON... HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...RAINELLE 313 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA AND WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...ADDITIONAL RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ NCZ003-019-VAZ011-013-014-016>020-022>024-032>035-070000- /O.CON.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SURRY-WILKES-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...PEARISBURG... RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 313 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...SURRY AND WILKES. IN VIRGINIA...ALLEGHANY VA...AMHERST...BATH...BEDFORD... BOTETOURT...CARROLL...CRAIG...FLOYD...FRANKLIN...GILES... MONTGOMERY...PATRICK...PULASKI...ROANOKE AND ROCKBRIDGE. * UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING * ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MORE SMALL STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING. THIS COULD ALSO BRING SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE CLINCH...GREENBRIER AND HOLSTON RIVERS CLOSE TO BANKFULL OR HIGHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$
423 WGUS61 KRNK 062337 AAA FFARNK FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 637 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...RAINFALL ENDING ACROSS THE REGION... NCZ003-019-VAZ011-013-014-016>020-022>024-032>035-070045- /O.EXP.KRNK.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110307T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SURRY-WILKES-GILES-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG- ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN- BEDFORD-AMHERST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...WILKESBORO...PEARISBURG... RADFORD...PULASKI...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...NEW CASTLE... CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...SALEM... FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT... BEDFORD...AMHERST 637 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. ANY LINGERING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING THUS ENDING THE THREAT FOR ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE 2 TO 5 INCHES SEEN DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING INTO TONIGHT...AND RIVER FLOODING THROUGH EARLY IN THE WEEK. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Mar 5, 3:30 AM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:30 AM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
330 AM EST SAT MAR 5 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND THEN PASS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR
EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE
REGION DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
THE MAIN ISSUE WITH THE FORECAST IS THE SPEED OF THE STORM SYSTEM
MOVING INTO LATER TODAY INTO THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...AND HOW MUCH
QPF OCCURS. MODELS ARE STILL SHOWING DIFFERENCE IN SPEED BUT AGREE
SOMEWHAT THAT QPF WILL BE IN THE 1-2 INCH RANGE CWA WIDE. THE MAIN
CULPRIT WILL BE THE UPSLOPE FLOW ENHANCING RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS
THE SRN BLUE RIDGE INTO PORTIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS. SFC LOW
DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT OVER NRN GA TONIGHT WILL RIDE SLOWLY
NORTHEAST INTO WRN NC BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALSO ENHANCE
LIFT AND QPF AND SLOW DOWN THE FRONT. RUNNING THE QPF FROM THIS
AFTN INTO SUNDAY WE ARE LOOKING AT LOCALLY 2"+ AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
MTNS. SEE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW FOR DETAILS ABOUT FLOOD WATCH.
FOR TODAY...WE WILL SEE POPS SLOWLY INCREASING FROM THE SW WITH
MAIN BULK OF LIFT AND PRECIP ARRIVING AFTER DUSK IN THE WEST AND
PUSHING INTO THE ERN CWA OVERNIGHT. DECIDED TO REMOVE THUNDER FROM
THE WEST AS INSTABILITY SEEMS LIMITED EVEN ABOVE THE SFC WEDGE.
THE STRONGER LOW LVL WINDS EXIT THIS MORNING THEN APPEAR AGAIN
AHEAD OF THE FRONT TONIGHT. CLOUDINESS AND RAIN WILL KEEP WINDS
SUPPRESSED SO GUSTS ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN COULD REACH 30 TO 35
MPH BUT NOTHING TO WIND ADVISORY LEVEL OF OVER 45 MPH.
WITH INCREASING MOISTURE THIS MORNING AND CLOUDS TEMPS HAVE STAYED
UP...AND THIS SHOULD GIVE A MILDER HIGH TODAY IF THE RAIN HOLDS
OFF LONGER. MODELS KEEPING MOST OF THE DAY CLOUDY BUT COULD SEE
SOME SUNSHINE BREAK THROUGH IN THE PIEDMONT. THE MET MOS SEEMS TOO
WARM FOR HIGHS DEPICTING UPPER 60S OUT EAST...WHILE THE LOCAL
MOS/MAV MOS AND 2M TEMPS OFF THE SREF KEEP IT IN THE LOWER
60S...AND LEANED THE HIGHS THAT DIRECTION. STRONGER SE WINDS AND
LIGHT RAIN WILL KEEP THE NC MTNS IN THE 40S THOUGH.
TONIGHT...RAINFALL WILL DROP TEMPS TO THE DEWPOINTS...WHICH SHOULD
BE ON THE INCREASE INTO THE 40S. THE QUICKER GFS SOLUTION OF THE
COOLER AIR WAS DISCARDED IN THE WEST...BUT NOT GOING AS MILD AS
THE MET MOS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
UPPER TROUGH IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY WILL MOVE
EAST INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION ON SUNDAY. CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR
OVER GA EARLY ON SUNDAY WITH THE LOW MOVING TO A POSITION OFF
DELMARVA AROUND 12Z MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE
WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR REGION...AND BE THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL AND ISOLATED TSTMS. ELECTED TO GO WITH A BLEND OF THE SREF
AND ECMWF FOR POPS AND TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT. USED A NON-DIURNAL
TEMPERATURES CURVE FOR SUNDAY WITH COLD AIR PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE
AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER AND MID 40S
IN THE NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTHEAST.
RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH OUR AREA...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH.
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CREATE SOME SNOW SHOWERS IN THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE COLD AIR MEETS LINGERING MOISTURE.
LOW TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT WILL VARY FROM MID 20S TO THE LOWER
30S.
THE NORTHWESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL ALLOW CLOUDS TO DIMINISH
DURING THE MORNING ON MONDAY...MAKING FOR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES DURING
THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO EAST NORTHEASTERLY BY EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING AS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EASTWARD.
WENT WITH HIGHS ON MONDAY CLOSE TO ADJMET WITH READINGS FROM THE
UPPER 30S IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS TO THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60
DEGREES IN SOUTHSIDE. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S
IN THE WEST TO THE AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE EAST.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
UPPER RIDGING WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES WITH HEIGHTS
FALLING ON WEDNESDAY AS A LONG WAVE TROF APPROACHES. ON FRIDAY THE
UPPER TROF WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION. AT THE SURFACE START OUT
WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WHICH REMAINS WEDGED IN EAST OF THE
APPALACHIANS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE FORECAST AREA RETURNS INTO THE
WARM SECTOR AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.
THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL REACH THE AREA ON
THURSDAY. TAKING A BLEND OF GFS/ECMWF TIMING WHICH BRINGS WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY. 850 MB TEMPERATURES AND PARTIAL THICKNESS VALUES BEHIND
THE FRONT ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST WEST
VIRGINIA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. USED A BLEND OF HPC GUIDANCE AND MOSGUIDE
FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION /08Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
STILL EXPECT LOWERING CIGS OVERNIGHT AS A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW
CONTINUES. THE SRN BLUE RIDGE IN NW NC HAS MVFR CIGS...AND THESE
WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. ALL TAF SITES ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP TO MVFR CIGS BETWEEN 08Z/300 AM AND 12Z/700 AM SAT...WITH
SOME PATCHY RAIN OR DRIZZLE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE
BLUE RIDGE...INCLUDING ROA...LYH AND LWB. A 30 TO 45 KT JET FROM
925 TO 850 MB WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND STRUGGLE TO CUT THROUGH
THE LOW INVERSION. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
OVERNIGHT AND WELL INTO SATURDAY MORNING WHEN THE INVERSION
BREAKS. BY NOON...STRONGER WINDS WILL START TO MIX TO THE
SURFACE...WHILE THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING
THE REGION SATURDAY EVENING. SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IF CIGS LIFT TO VFR LATE SAT MORNING
OR EARLY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE A RETURN OF MVFR CIGS AS THE
SHOWERS MOVE IN.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
BECOME WIDESPREAD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...UNTIL THE COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT LOW MVFR TO
IFR CONDITIONS...DUE TO BOTH LOW CIGS AND LOW VISIBILITY...DURING
THIS PERIOD. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...CIGS WILL
GRADUALLY SCATTER OUT AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND
NORTHWEST WINDS PRODUCE DOWNSLOPING AND LEAD IN DRIER AIR. THE
EXCEPTION WILL BE SE WV...WHERE THE NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE
FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP AT LEAST MVFR CONDITIONS INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALL SITES MONDAY MORNING...
LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY.
ON WEDNESDAY...A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE AREA. LOOK
FOR A RETURN OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION AND AREAS OF SUB-VFR CIGS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
GIVEN ENSEMBLES SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING
ALONG RIVERS AND HPC EXCESSIVE QPF HIGHLIGHTING THE MTNS WILL
THROW UP A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FAR WRN CWA FROM GREENBRIER COUNTY
WV SOUTH INTO THE MTN EMPIRE OF SW VA AND THE NC MTNS FROM THIS
EVENING UNTIL EARY SUNDAY EVENING. THE THREAT WILL BE FOR SMALL
STREAM AND CREEK FLOODING. COULD POTENTIALL SEE THIS WATCH
EXPANDED FURTHER EAST...BUT WILL WAIT ANOTHER RUN OF MODELS LATER
TODAY TO SEE IF THEY CONTINUE TO POINT TOWARD THIS PATH. GIVEN THE
WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THIS EVENT...AND THINKING MAIN CONVECTION
WILL BE SOUTH OF THE AREA...FLASH FLOODING IS NOT AS LIKLEY BUT
CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED POCKETS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING
ALONG THE SRN BLUE RIDGE.
&&
.RNK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VA...FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
VAZ007-009>012-015.
NC...FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NCZ001-002-018.
WV...FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WVZ042>045.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DS/WP
NEAR TERM...WP
SHORT TERM...KK
LONG TERM...AMS
AVIATION...DS/JJ
HYDROLOGY...WPHazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 6:57 PM EST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 657 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011 NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058-059- WVZ042>045-060000- 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- 657 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011 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...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CROSSES THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON ON SUNDAY...WITH TOTALS RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 1.75 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...WHILE THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA MAY RECEIVE NEARLY 2 INCHES. FLASHING FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE TRAINING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. WHERE TRAINING OCCURS...LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 11:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RNK | Tazewell | 17 hr |
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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.