Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2018, 1:04 PM EDT for Buckingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 5 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, 2018, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2018, 5:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Buckingham County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
658
WGUS51 KRNK 021704
FFWRNK
VAC029-022300-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0039.180602T1704Z-180602T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
104 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2018
The National Weather Service in BLACKSBURG has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Buckingham County in central Virginia...
* Until 700 PM EDT
* At 102 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated 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...
Gold Hill...
and Centenary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3755 7838 3767 7872 3768 7869 3770 7869
3768 7866 3768 7864 3771 7865 3773 7864
3776 7861 3776 7850 3779 7850 3780 7849
3776 7847 3774 7842 3773 7836 3771 7832
$$
JR1 follow-up statement
969
WGUS71 KRNK 022151
FFSRNK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service BLACKSBURG VA
551 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2018
VAC029-022201-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180602T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Buckingham VA-
551 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
NORTHERN BUCKINGHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of flooding,
including mudslides or flooded roads, to the National Weather Service
by calling toll free at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and
pictures can also be shared on the National Weather Service
Blacksburg Facebook page and on Twitter.
LAT...LON 3755 7838 3767 7872 3768 7869 3770 7869
3768 7866 3768 7864 3771 7865 3773 7864
3776 7861 3776 7850 3779 7850 3780 7849
3776 7847 3774 7842 3773 7836 3771 7832
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig, Giles | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt and 22 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham | 2 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.