Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 8:12 PM EDT for Ashe 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
- Jun 2, 2016, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ashe County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 623 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
068
WGUS51 KRNK 030012
FFWRNK
NCC009-030315-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0007.160603T0012Z-160603T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
812 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASHE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 808 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ASHE COUNTY FROM JOHNSON COUNTY TENNESSEE. PARTS OF ASHE COUNTY
BETWEEN ASHLAND...TROUT...BALDWIN...WEST JEFFERSON...AND CLIFTON
SAW RAINFALL WELL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
SOME LOCATIONS JUST WEST OF BALDWIN NEAR 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN MANY OF THESE SAME AREAS
DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THE GROUND IN THIS AREA IS
COMPLETELY SATURATED. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON...
WEST JEFFERSON...
GLENDALE SPRINGS...
ASHLAND...
AND OTHELLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3642 8172 3645 8171 3647 8150 3637 8135
3636 8137 3633 8136 3632 8137 3631 8160
3635 8164 3640 8174 3641 8174
$$
RAB2 follow-up statements
189
WGUS71 KRNK 030111
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
911 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
NCC009-030315-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160603T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE NC-
911 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ASHE COUNTY...
AT 908 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING
WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR HAS BEEN MOSTLY IN THE
1 TO 1.5 INCH RANGE NEAR ASHLAND AND TROUT. TOTAL RAINFALL TODAY HAS BEEN
IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ACROSS THIS REGION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TO BE AROUND 1 INCH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE GROUND IN THIS REGION
IS COMPLETELY SATURATED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN COMPLETE RUNOFF
AND THUS FLASH FLOODING REMAINS AN IMMINENT CONCERN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON...
WEST JEFFERSON...
GLENDALE SPRINGS...
ASHLAND...
AND OTHELLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING...
INCLUDING MUDSLIDES OR ROAD CLOSURES...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS
AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3642 8172 3645 8171 3647 8150 3637 8135
3636 8137 3633 8136 3632 8137 3631 8160
3635 8164 3640 8174 3641 8174
$$
RAB586
WGUS71 KRNK 030211
FFSRNK
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1011 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
NCC009-030219-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160603T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHE NC-
1011 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ASHE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN THE AREA. ALTHOUGH MINOR FLOODING MAY STILL
BE OCCURRING...FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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 3642 8172 3645 8171 3647 8150 3637 8135
3636 8137 3633 8136 3632 8137 3631 8160
3635 8164 3640 8174 3641 8174
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Caswell | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 36 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.