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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 18, 2019Rockingham County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2019, 7:34 PM EDT for Rockingham 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2019, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2019, 10:44 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Rockingham County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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: 193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 18, 6:48 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:48 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 6:40 AM EDT, 12 hours 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
640 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2019

NCZ001>005-018>020-VAZ007-009>018-022-023-032>034-043>045-WVZ042-
191000-
Ashe-Alleghany NC-Surry-Stokes-Rockingham-Watauga-Wilkes-Yadkin-
Tazewell-Smyth-Bland-Giles-Wythe-Pulaski-Montgomery-Grayson-Carroll-
Floyd-Craig-Roanoke-Botetourt-Patrick-Franklin-Bedford-Henry-
Pittsylvania-Campbell-Mercer-
640 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
northwest North Carolina, central Virginia, south central Virginia,
southwest Virginia, west central Virginia and southeast West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and
evening. The main threats will be damaging winds and isolated large
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday and
Thursday. The main threats will be damaging winds and isolated large
hail. Heavy rain is also likely with these storms which may result
in localized flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ006-VAZ019-020-024-035-046-047-058-059-WVZ043-044-507-508-191000-
Caswell-Alleghany VA-Bath-Rockbridge-Amherst-Appomattox-Buckingham-
Halifax-Charlotte-Summers-Monroe-Eastern Greenbrier-
Western Greenbrier-
640 AM EDT Tue Jun 18 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central North Carolina,
central Virginia, south central Virginia, west central Virginia and
southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and
evening. The main threats will be damaging winds and isolated large
hail. Heavy rain is also likely with these storms which may
result in localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday and
Thursday. The main threats will be damaging winds and isolated large
hail. Heavy rain is also likely with these storms which may result
in localized flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:39 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:29 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 4:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	RNK	Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll, Craig and 20 more	18 hr
Jun 18, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	49 min
Jun 18, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	45 min
Jun 18, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Bedford	53 min
Jun 18, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	41 min
Jun 18, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Halifax	41 min
Jun 18, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Franklin	55 min
Jun 18, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania	67 min
Jun 18, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Campbell, Halifax, Pittsylvania	58 min
Jun 18, 3:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax	23 min
Jun 18, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania	54 min
Jun 18, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry, City of Martinsville	60 min
Jun 18, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Charlotte, Halifax	54 min
Jun 18, 4:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Floyd, Franklin, Patrick	5 hr
Jun 18, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Grayson, Wythe, City of Galax	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Halifax	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Buckingham	65 min
Jun 18, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Pittsylvania	65 min
Jun 18, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Henry	57 min
Jun 18, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	City of Danville	53 min
Jun 18, 6:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Carroll, Floyd, Patrick	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville	4 hr
Jun 17, 8:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Stokes, Surry	3 hr
Jun 17, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	59 min
Jun 17, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Wilkes	52 min
Jun 17, 9:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry, Wilkes	6 hr
Jun 17, 9:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	6 hr
Jun 17, 10:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Stokes, Surry	6 hr
Jun 18, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Alleghany, Wilkes	46 min
Jun 18, 5:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes	4 hr
Jun 18, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Rockingham	64 min
Jun 18, 6:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Stokes	66 min
Jun 18, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RNK	Stokes	4 hr
Jun 18, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RNK	Yadkin	61 min
Jun 18, 7:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Rockingham, Stokes	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2019 Every flash flood warning in 2019

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.