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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 1996, 9:55 PM EDT for Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 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
- Oct 18, 1996, 9:55 PM EDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 1996, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dinwiddie County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 18, 8:57 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 8:57 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 18, 5:55 PM EDT, 4 hours before
VAZ060-061-065-066-067-068-069-070-071-079-080-081-082-083-087- 088-092-100-NCZ012-190400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 552 PM EDT FRI OCT 18 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH THIS FRIDAY EVENING VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT. COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AMELIA...BRUNSWICK... CHARLES CITY...CHESTERFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...GREENSVILLE... HENRICO...LUNENBURG...MECKLENBURG...NEW KENT...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN... PRINCE EDWARD...PRINCE GEORGE...SOUTHAMPTON...AND SUSSEX. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND BRING WITH IT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AFTETR THE STORM HAS PASSED. VALONE
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 6:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
VAZ060-061-065-066-067-068-069-070-071-079-080-081-082-083-087- 088-092-100-NCZ012-190400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ADD INDEPENDENT CITIES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 602 PM EDT FRI OCT 18 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH THIS FRIDAY EVENING VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT. COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AMELIA...BRUNSWICK... CHARLES CITY...CHESTERFIELD...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...GREENSVILLE... HENRICO...LUNENBURG...MECKLENBURG...NEW KENT...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN... PRINCE EDWARD...PRINCE GEORGE...SOUTHAMPTON...AND SUSSEX. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE INDEPENDENT CITIES OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS...EMPORIA... HOPEWELL...PETERSBURG...AND RICHMOND. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND BRING WITH IT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED. VALONE
Special weather statement, Oct 18, 9:40 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 49 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.