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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 18, 1996City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1996, 8:09 PM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 66 min. 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, 1996, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1996, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Whole counties

County City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
235 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996

DISCN:
AFTN CNVTN FIRING ALG BLU RDG ATTM. MOST ACTIVITY SHUD REMAIN NR AND
ALG BDRY OVR NRN FA INTO THIS EVEN. HVY RN IS MAIN THREAT...ANY SVR
SHUD BE ISLTD. WW JUST ISSUED WELL NW OF FA. ISLTD CELLS NOW POPPING
NR SRN CHES BAY ALSO.

ONLY A QUIK LUK AT GRIDDS. ETA/NGM NOT REAL IMPRESSED BY TROP SYS MOVG
OUR WAY. AVN MUCH WETTER. MAIN THREAT WITH THIS SYS WUD BE HVY RN AND
PROB ENUF WIND TO HOIST SMALL CRAFT ADV.

AS FAR AS SENSIBLE WX...SHUD BEGIN TO SEE AFFECTS OF TD #1 WED AM AS
CLDS ADVANCE FM S TO N. MAIN PCPN SHUD BE WED AFTN INTO EARLY THU.
TROPICAL DOWNPOURS PSBL BUT FFG IS HIGH...SO IF ANYTHING JUST LOCAL
DRAINAGE PROBS.

AFT TROP SYS PULLS OUT THU...SFC FNT IN MIDWEST MVS TO OHVLY. THE FNT
LUKS TO STALL JUST N OF FA (AS THE PREV FNT DID). LUKS LIKE MORE SUMMER
WX W/HOT...HUMID CONDS THIS WKEND.

FOLLOWED AVN GUID MORE CLOSELY THIS RUN...THIS MDL SEEMS TO BE HANDLING
TROP SYS BETTER.

RIC...69/85/67/88  3544
ORF...71/83/69/86  3654
ECG...72/84/69/87  3653
SBY...70/85/68/84  5665

CULLEN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

VAZ048-049-182205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
505 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996

AT 500 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ACROSS WESTERN LOUISA AND
NORTHERM FLUVANNA COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN ONE HOUR IS LIKELY BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ZION CROSS ROADS...BOSWELLS
TAVERN AND TREVILIANS IN LOUISA COUNTY.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN
FLOODING OF ROAD INTERSECTIONS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

PEOPLE ACROSS FLUVANNA AND LOUISA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

RUSNAK

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

VAZ095-098-190000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
702 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996

AT 700 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXTENDING FROM WILLOUGHBY SPIT IN THE CITY OF
NORFOLK EASTWARD TO THE VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT.

THIS STORM SHOULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF THE OCEAN
VIEW AND AIRPORT SECTIONS OF NORFOLK....AND THE BAYSIDE...LYNNHAVEN
AND OCEANFRONT SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA BEACH OVER THE NEXT 30 TO 60
MINUTES.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED 2.22 INCHES OF RAIN IN 2 HOURS AT THE NORFOLK
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

VIRGINIA BEACH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 1 FOOT OF WATER
COVERING BIRDNECK ROAD AND STREETS IN THE OCEANFRONT AREA....AND IN
THE SHORE DRIVE/DIAMOND SPRINGS ROAD AREA NEAR LITTLE CREEK AMPHIBIOUS
BASE.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN CROSSING WATER COVERED
ROADS AND UNDERPASSES AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS
THIS EVENING.

RUSNAK/COBB

&

Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:33 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.