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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2016, 6:52 PM EDT for 6 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2016, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Amherst County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, Rockbridge County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Glasgow, VA | A TRIBUTARY OF THE MAURY RIVER FLOODED OVER ROUTE 501 CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE 130...REPORTS OF TWO FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
650
WGUS51 KRNK 272252
FFWRNK
VAC009-019-023-163-530-680-280245-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0027.160627T2252Z-160628T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
652 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AMHERST COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA IN VIRGINIA...
BOTETOURT COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG IN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 648 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT AREA OF SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IMPACTING
THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR MILE MARKER 160 TO MILE MARKER
180...AS WELL AS ADJACENT AREAS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 64.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED
NEAR NATURAL BRIDGE...GLASGOW...AND EAGLE ROCK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...
BUENA VISTA...
AMHERST...
BUCHANAN...
AND GLASGOW.
THIS INCLUDES LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3784 7916 3781 7917 3778 7907 3772 7907
3770 7899 3755 7890 3754 7887 3750 7895
3743 7902 3742 7907 3739 7906 3733 7921
3736 7926 3732 7928 3760 8001 3765 8003
3779 7982 3776 7968 3778 7966 3776 7942
$$
RAB3 follow-up statements
849
WGUS71 KRNK 280049
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
849 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
VAC009-019-023-163-530-680-280245-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160628T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-BOTETOURT VA-
CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-BEDFORD VA-
849 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
AMHERST...SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE...BOTETOURT AND NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD
COUNTIES...THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA AND THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...
AT 843 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED
ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA FROM
SEDALIA...TO LYNCHBURG CITY...TO RIVERVILLE. MUCH OF THIS AREA HAS
SEEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA DURING THE NEXT
HOUR. FURTHER WEST...RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY OR ENDED.
HOWEVER...FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE GLASGOW AREA...
WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED AREA.
WITH TOTALLY SATURATED GROUND IN MUCH OF THIS AREA FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
LAST LAST WEEK...FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THIS
AREA. MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BE NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFUL YET AT
THIS HOUR.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...
BUENA VISTA...
AMHERST...
BUCHANAN...
AND GLASGOW.
THIS INCLUDES LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3784 7916 3781 7917 3778 7907 3772 7907
3770 7899 3755 7890 3754 7887 3750 7895
3743 7902 3742 7907 3739 7906 3733 7921
3736 7926 3732 7928 3760 8001 3765 8003
3779 7982 3776 7968 3778 7966 3776 7942
$$
RAB661
WGUS71 KRNK 280215
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1015 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
VAC009-019-023-163-530-680-280245-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160628T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-BOTETOURT VA-
CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-BEDFORD VA-
1015 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
AMHERST...SOUTHERN ROCKBRIDGE...BOTETOURT AND NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD
COUNTIES...THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA AND THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG...
AT 1008 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER,LIGHTER SHOWERS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS THE
REGION. RUNOFF FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL RAIN TODAY COULD RESULT
IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING. MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BE NEAR OR
ABOVE BANKFUL THIS EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...
BUENA VISTA...
AMHERST...
BUCHANAN...
AND GLASGOW.
THIS INCLUDES LIBERTY UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.MANY
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BE NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFUL
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 3784 7916 3781 7917 3778 7907 3772 7907
3770 7899 3755 7890 3754 7887 3750 7895
3743 7902 3742 7907 3739 7906 3733 7921
3736 7926 3732 7928 3760 8001 3765 8003
3779 7982 3776 7968 3778 7966 3776 7942
$$
KK884
WGUS71 KRNK 280238
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1038 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
VAC009-019-023-163-530-680-280247-
/O.EXP.KRNK.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160628T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
AMHERST VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-CITY OF BUENA VISTA VA-BOTETOURT VA-
CITY OF LYNCHBURG VA-BEDFORD VA-
1038 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AMHERST...SOUTHERN
ROCKBRIDGE...BOTETOURT AND NORTHEASTERN BEDFORD COUNTIES...THE CITY
OF BUENA VISTA AND THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM
EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
LAT...LON 3784 7916 3781 7917 3778 7907 3772 7907
3770 7899 3755 7890 3754 7887 3750 7895
3743 7902 3742 7907 3739 7906 3733 7921
3736 7926 3732 7928 3760 8001 3765 8003
3779 7982 3776 7968 3778 7966 3776 7942
$$
KKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 3:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Floyd, Franklin, Patrick | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Giles | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bland, Botetourt, Craig, Giles and 12 more | 93 min |
| Jun 27, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, City of Covington | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.