Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2014, 4:26 PM EDT for Patrick County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 20, 2014, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Patrick County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
990
WGUS51 KRNK 202026
FFWRNK
VAC141-202230-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0013.140620T2026Z-140620T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
426 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 426 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AND ARARAT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3663 8049 3655 8044 3656 8058 3660 8058
$$
MBS2 follow-up statements
568 WGUS71 KRNK 202155 FFSRNK FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 555 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014 VAC141-202230- /O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140620T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PATRICK VA- 555 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK COUNTY... AT 551 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HAVE MOVED AWAY TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE IN AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY PUSHING THEM OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE ARARAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING... INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER. && LAT...LON 3663 8049 3655 8044 3656 8058 3660 8058 $$ 16
406 WGUS71 KRNK 202223 FFSRNK FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 623 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014 VAC141-202232- /O.EXP.KRNK.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140620T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PATRICK VA- 623 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PATRICK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM COULD OCCUR THIS EVENING BUT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING... INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER. LAT...LON 3663 8049 3655 8044 3656 8058 3660 8058 $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wythe | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Danville | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 119 min |
| Jun 20, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Carroll, Patrick | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, City of Buena Vista, City of Lynchburg | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Buena Vista | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Montgomery, Roanoke | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, City of Lynchburg | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Botetourt, Craig | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington, City of Lynchburg | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell, Charlotte, City of Lynchburg | 39 min |
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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.