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Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 16, 19994 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 1999, 8:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 8 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
Sep 16, 1999, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 1999, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD

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 Sep 16, 12:25 PM EDT, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 12:25 PM EDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before
WAKEFIELD AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1225 PM EDT THU SEP 16 1999

DISCN:
SORRY...DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ISSUE THIS ERLIER.  FLOYD
MOVING QUICKLY NNE UP VA ERN SHR...AND WILL BE NE OF
OUR CWA BY SUNSET.  RAIN WILL END SW TO NE THIS AFTN
AND WNDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING/TNGT.

.AKQ...HURRICANE WARNING FOR ATLC CSTL WTRS CURRITUCK BCH LGT
       TO FENWICK ISLD...INCLDG SNDS...AND CHES BAY S OF SMITH PT
    ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING INTERIOR SE MD
    ...HIGH WIND WARNING/FLOOD WARNING CNTRL VA...NRN NE NC.

GINGRICH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQEssex, Gloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex8 hr
Sep 16, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland8 hr
Sep 16, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQJames City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg8 hr
Sep 16, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQMathews8 hr
Sep 16, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Suffolk8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Portsmouth8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQIsle of Wight8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQJames City, King and Queen8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQChowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBertie8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBladen8 hr
Sep 16, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCamden8 hr

Nearby

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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.