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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this areal flood warning at May 15, 2012, 3:15 AM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2012, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2012, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 14, 9:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 9:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 9:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 943 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012 NCZ001-002-005-006-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-044>047-058-059-WVZ042>045- 160145- ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND- GILES-WYTHE-GRAYSON-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM- HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER- 943 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ016-032-043-160145- SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-CARROLL-PATRICK-HENRY- 943 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ013-014-017>020-022-023-160145- PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT- 943 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. BANDS OF SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ024-033>035-160145- ROCKBRIDGE-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST- 943 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. BANDS OF SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1200 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 N MECHANICSBURG 37.18N 80.96W
05/14/2012 BLAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
AT LEAST SIX INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER PRICE RIDGE
ROAD
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PWLocal storm report, May 15, 2:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
212 AM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0553 PM HAIL 4 WSW NORTH WILKESBORO 36.15N 81.21W
05/14/2012 E1.00 INCH WILKES NC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT 553 PM AND ENDED AT 600 PM
EDT...AND ALSO TWO TREES DOWN...ALL OBSERVED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF CONGO ROAD AND WINKLER MILL ROAD
0556 PM HAIL 3 WSW NORTH WILKESBORO 36.15N 81.19W
05/14/2012 E1.00 INCH WILKES NC TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
0605 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 W NORTH WILKESBORO 36.16N 81.20W
05/14/2012 WILKES NC PUBLIC
SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER A BRIDGE ON
CONGO ROAD...AND ONE CAR WAS SWEPT OFF THE ROAD INTO A
DITCH
0745 PM FLOOD 1 WSW PEAKS OF OTTER RE 37.44N 79.63W
05/14/2012 BEDFORD VA PUBLIC
SHEEP CREEK SPILLING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND OVERFLOWING A
LOW WATER BRIDGE ON JAY BIRD LANE
0756 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N HUNTSVILLE 36.10N 80.52W
05/14/2012 YADKIN NC EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER FLOWING OVER A BRIDGE ON DINKINS BOTTOMS ROAD...AND
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN FROM THE FLOWING WATER
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD BURNT CHIMNEY 37.10N 79.83W
05/14/2012 FRANKLIN VA EMERGENCY MNGR
EXTENSIVE FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY. BIGGEST PROBLEMS BETWEEN ROCKY MOUNT AND
SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE. NINE VEHICLES STRANDED IN FLOOD
WATERS ALONG VA 122. TWO 60-INCH CULVERTS WASHED OUT AT
THE WINDY RIDGE FARM SUBDIVISION WITH CURRENTLY NO ACCESS
IN/OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION FOR THE 15 RESIDENTS LIVING
THERE. OTHER ROADS WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND UNDERMINED BY
THE FLOOD WATERS. REPORTS OF RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 IN/2
HRS ACROSS THIS PART OF THE COUNTY.
0913 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 SSW WESTERN SMITH MOU 37.03N 79.75W
05/14/2012 FRANKLIN VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER A BRIDGE ON
POWELLS STORE ROAD
0955 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 N MECHANICSBURG 37.18N 80.96W
05/14/2012 BLAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
AT LEAST SIX INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER PRICE RIDGE
ROAD
1047 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 NW GLASGOW 37.67N 79.50W
05/14/2012 ROCKBRIDGE VA EMERGENCY MNGR
CAR STRANDED FROM WATER FLOODING OVER TINKERVILLE
ROAD...WHICH REQUIRED A SWIFT WATER RESCUE
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RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 28 min |
| May 14, 8:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 5 hr |
| May 14, 8:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 6 hr |
| May 14, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bland | 35 min |
| May 14, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles | 4 hr |
| May 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 6 hr |
| May 15, 1:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 6 hr |
| May 15, 1:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Floyd, Franklin and 8 more | 17 hr |
| May 15, 6:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | RNK | Bland, Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery and 6 more | 4 hr |
| May 15, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Galax | 64 min |
| May 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Grayson | 5 hr |
| May 15, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 62 min |
| May 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 58 min |
| May 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pulaski, Wythe | 62 min |
| May 15, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 6 hr |
| May 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Pittsylvania | 63 min |
| May 15, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 56 min |
| May 14, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe | 29 min |
| May 15, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 52 min |
| May 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 59 min |
| May 15, 5:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 4 hr |
| May 15, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 58 min |
| May 15, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 33 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012
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.