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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 4, 2016Rockbridge County, City of Lexington, Virginia

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT for Rockbridge County, City of Lexington, 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 4, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties City of Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

076 
WGUS51 KRNK 041851
FFWRNK
VAC163-678-050045-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0009.160604T1851Z-160605T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
251 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE CITY OF LEXINGTON IN VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
    
* AT 250 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...
  BUENA VISTA...
  COLLIERSTOWN...
  NATURAL BRIDGE...
  AND VESUVIUS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ALONE MILL CREEK...
MARL CREEK...
SOUTH RIVER...
WOODS CREEK...
AND SOUTH FORK CHALK RUN.

THIS INCLUDES VMI.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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 3789 7916 3774 7937 3775 7938 3774 7938
      3759 7957 3766 7968 3769 7967 3771 7968
      3797 7928

$$

DS

2 follow-up statements

059 
WGUS71 KRNK 042036
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
436 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

VAC163-678-050045-
/O.CON.KRNK.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160605T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
436 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR 
CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LEXINGTON...

AT 433 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT
PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
FELL FROM THESE STORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE AS WATER
COLLECTS IN CREEKS AND STREAMS. WHILE ONLY PATCHY LIGHT RAIN IS OVER
THE WARNING AREA AT THIS TIME...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE POSSIBLE HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...
BUENA VISTA...
COLLIERSTOWN...
NATURAL BRIDGE...
AND VESUVIUS. 

THIS INCLUDES VMI.
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
ALONE MILL CREEK...
MARL CREEK...
SOUTH RIVER...
WOODS CREEK...
AND SOUTH FORK CHALK RUN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3789 7916 3774 7937 3775 7938 3774 7938
      3759 7957 3766 7968 3769 7967 3771 7968
      3797 7928

$$

DS

568 
WGUS71 KRNK 042245
FFSRNK

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
645 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

VAC163-678-042255-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160605T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CITY OF LEXINGTON VA-ROCKBRIDGE VA-
645 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF LEXINGTON HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

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 3789 7916 3774 7937 3775 7938 3774 7938
      3759 7957 3766 7968 3769 7967 3771 7968
      3797 7928

$$

RAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 4:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland and 24 more	19 hr
Jun 4, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	31 min
Jun 4, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Galax	28 min
Jun 4, 1:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	City of Covington	6 hr
Jun 4, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	32 min
Jun 4, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Carroll	29 min
Jun 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	27 min
Jun 4, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	26 min
Jun 4, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	57 min
Jun 4, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	City of Lynchburg	28 min
Jun 4, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox, Campbell, City of Lynchburg	55 min
Jun 4, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	35 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin	58 min
Jun 4, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	36 min
Jun 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Campbell	37 min
Jun 4, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Botetourt	34 min
Jun 4, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Pittsylvania	62 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Botetourt	59 min
Jun 4, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Appomattox	28 min
Jun 4, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Amherst, Appomattox	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania	65 min
Jun 4, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	52 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Smyth	60 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Tazewell	59 min
Jun 4, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Bland, Tazewell	40 min
Jun 4, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	52 min
Jun 4, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Halifax	64 min
Jun 4, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Patrick	65 min

Nearby

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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.