Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2022
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2022, 4:01 PM EDT for Tazewell County, Virginia; Mercer County, Summers County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 27, 2022, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2022, 7:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Tazewell County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Summers County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
764
WGUS51 KRNK 272001
FFWRNK
VAC185-WVC055-089-280400-
/O.NEW.KRNK.FF.W.0013.220727T2001Z-220728T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
401 PM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022
The National Weather Service in Blacksburg has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Tazewell County in southwestern Virginia...
Mercer County in southeastern West Virginia...
Southwestern Summers County in southeastern West Virginia...
* Until midnight EDT Thursday.
* At 401 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen since this morning. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5
to 1.5 inches are possible this evening in the warned area. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bluefield... Princeton...
Athens... Matoaka...
Camp Creek... Pipestem...
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Beech Fork, Beaver Branch, Big Branch, Blacklick Creek, Bluestone
River, Big Spring Branch and Big Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
&&
LAT...LON 3742 8131 3742 8128 3746 8131 3751 8121
3758 8120 3760 8114 3759 8109 3761 8106
3764 8106 3765 8104 3755 8092 3727 8114
3714 8145 3714 8179 3719 8179 3724 8174
3720 8168 3721 8156 3726 8150 3727 8142
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
RS1 follow-up statement
034
WGUS71 KRNK 272344
FFSRNK
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
744 PM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022
VAC185-WVC055-089-272354-
/O.CAN.KRNK.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220728T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Tazewell VA-Mercer WV-Summers WV-
744 PM EDT Wed Jul 27 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN TAZEWELL, MERCER
AND SOUTHWESTERN SUMMERS COUNTIES...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
A Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM EDT for portions of
Virginia and southeast West Virginia.
LAT...LON 3742 8131 3742 8128 3746 8131 3751 8121
3758 8120 3760 8114 3759 8109 3761 8106
3764 8106 3765 8104 3755 8092 3727 8114
3714 8145 3714 8179 3719 8179 3724 8174
3720 8168 3721 8156 3726 8150 3727 8142
$$
RSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:17 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Giles, Grayson, Smyth and 2 more | 39 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Bland, Giles, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Bland, Giles, Pulaski, Tazewell | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath | 86 min |
| Jul 27, 12:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath | 119 min |
| Jul 27, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 3:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Greenbrier | 7 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.