Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2016, 8:51 PM EDT for Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 9, 2016, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stokes County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
384
WGUS51 KRNK 100051
FFWRNK
NCC169-100345-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0033.160810T0051Z-160810T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
851 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 849 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BETWEEN GERMANTON AND HANGING ROCK STATE PARK
DURING THE PAST HOUR WITH 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. VERY HEAVY
RAIN IS NOW SPREADING INTO THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WALNUT COVE...
DANBURY...
SANDY RIDGE...
FRANCISCO...
AND KING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR FLOODED ROADS...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 3626 8037 3655 8043 3654 8031 3654 8003
3626 8004
$$
RAB2 follow-up statements
336
WGUS71 KRNK 100153
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
953 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
NCC169-100345-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160810T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STOKES NC-
953 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
STOKES COUNTY...
AT 950 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAD
DIMINISHED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL
WITHIN THE WARNED AREA DURING THE LAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE GROUND
IN THIS REGION IS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOODING
REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE WARNED AREA AS A RESULT OF THE
HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WALNUT COVE...
DANBURY...
SANDY RIDGE...
FRANCISCO...
AND KING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR FLOODED ROADS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 8037 3655 8043 3654 8031 3654 8003
3626 8004
$$
RAB356
WGUS71 KRNK 100336
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1136 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
NCC169-100345-
/O.EXP.KRNK.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160810T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STOKES NC-
1136 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STOKES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM
EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR FLOODED ROADS...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 3626 8037 3655 8043 3654 8031 3654 8003
3626 8004
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 8:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Stokes | 3 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.