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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 4, 2000Charles City County, Chesterfield County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2000, 5:35 PM EDT for Charles City County, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was in force for 55 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
Aug 4, 2000, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KAKQ 042134
FFWAKQ
VAC036-041-042230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
535 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHER 
CHARLES CITY COUNTY WEST TO CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.  THE 
STORMS ARE SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM ADKINS STORE TO CHESTER. 

*SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE  
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH   
FLOODING INCLUDE...CHESTER...CHARLES CITY AND BARNETTS AND ADKINS 
STORE.

CHESTERFIELD DISPATCH REPORTED THAT HULL STREET AT COURTHOUSE ROAD 
WAS CLOSED.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

$$

SHADE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 11:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQAccomack114 min
Aug 4, 1:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQGoochland, Louisa74 min
Aug 4, 3:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Richmond90 min
Aug 4, 3:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQHenrico86 min
Aug 4, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa45 min
Aug 4, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthumberland, Westmoreland36 min
Aug 4, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg28 min
Aug 4, 5:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQGloucester, James City, New Kent88 min
Aug 4, 6:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQSurry63 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.