Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Feb 17, 1998, 7:59 PM EST for Orange 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
- Feb 17, 1998, 7:59 PM EST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 1998, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 7:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 2 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 66 min |
| Feb 17, 9:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 34 min |
| Feb 17, 9:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.