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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 20, 1998Albemarle County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Mar 20, 1998, 7:27 PM EST for Albemarle County, Virginia. It was in force for 118 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
Mar 20, 1998, 7:27 PM EST (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 1998, 9:25 PM EST
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Whole counties

County Albemarle County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 7:27 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXGreene, Madison118 min
Mar 20, 8:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Winchester2 hr
Mar 20, 8:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXLoudoun2 hr
Mar 20, 8:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and 1 more2 hr
Mar 20, 10:46 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXClarke, Fauquier, Loudoun, Rappahannock, Warren2 hr
Mar 20, 10:46 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXFrederick2 hr
Mar 20, 10:46 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXCity of Winchester2 hr
Mar 21, 12:57 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun2 hr
Mar 20, 8:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXBerkeley, Jefferson2 hr
Mar 20, 10:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXGrant, Hampshire, Hardy2 hr
Mar 21, 12:57 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXBerkeley2 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.