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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 5, 2014Greenbrier County, West Virginia; Alleghany County, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2014, 12:52 AM EDT for Greenbrier County, West Virginia; Alleghany County, 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2014, 12:52 AM EDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 6:45 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Alleghany County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

298 
WGUS51 KRNK 050452
FFWRNK
VAC005-WVC025-051045-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0007.140605T0452Z-140605T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1252 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL GREENBRIER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT
    
* AT 1251 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS 
  PASSING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA  
  AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LEWISBURG...
  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
  RAINELLE...
  RUPERT...
  AND QUINWOOD. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE THE
FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND
QUICKLY.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.

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 3793 8006 3776 8020 3791 8078 3795 8081
      3798 8077 3802 8080 3803 8082 3809 8079
      3808 8071 3810 8068

$$

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2 follow-up statements

913 
WGUS71 KRNK 050705
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
305 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

VAC005-WVC025-051045-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALLEGHANY VA-GREENBRIER WV-
305 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR 
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY AND CENTRAL GREENBRIER COUNTIES...

AT 301 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT  
PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE NIGHT HAVE EXITED THE AREA. 
HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE IN AREA STREAMS AND 
CREEKS...CAUSING WATER LEVELS TO RISE QUICKLY AND POSSIBLY PUSH 
THESE WATERWAYS OUT OF THEIR BANKS TO THREATEN NEARBY ROADS AND 
PROPERTY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEWISBURG...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
RAINELLE...
RUPERT...
AND QUINWOOD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO SEE THE
FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND
QUICKLY.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.

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 3793 8006 3776 8020 3791 8078 3795 8081
      3798 8077 3802 8080 3803 8082 3809 8079
      3808 8071 3810 8068

$$

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510 
WGUS71 KRNK 050959
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
559 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

VAC005-WVC025-051009-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140605T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALLEGHANY VA-GREENBRIER WV-
559 AM EDT THU JUN 5 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGHANY AND CENTRAL GREENBRIER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

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 3793 8006 3776 8020 3791 8078 3795 8081
      3798 8077 3802 8080 3803 8082 3809 8079
      3808 8071 3810 8068

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Monroe, Summers	54 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Greenbrier	27 min
Jun 4, 11:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Greenbrier	6 hr
Jun 4, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	53 min
Jun 4, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	22 min
Jun 4, 8:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Wythe	31 min
Jun 4, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	36 min
Jun 4, 8:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington	56 min
Jun 4, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, City of Covington	34 min
Jun 4, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Radford	44 min
Jun 4, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	28 min
Jun 4, 9:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Botetourt, City of Covington	36 min
Jun 4, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	25 min
Jun 4, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	29 min
Jun 4, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Amherst	28 min
Jun 4, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Danville	29 min
Jun 5, 2:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bland	59 min
Jun 5, 2:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 5, 3:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Floyd	30 min
Jun 5, 5:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	67 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.