Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 2, 2000, 9:08 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maryland; Lancaster County, Middlesex County, Virginia. It was in force for 67 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
- Sep 2, 2000, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2000, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Somerset County, MD, Lancaster County, VA, Middlesex County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KAKQ 030114 FFWAKQ MDC039-VAC103-119-030215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 908 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND LANCASTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 901 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHACKLEFORDS TO LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. * 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...KILMARNOCK...URBANNA...TYLERTON...IRVINGTON... LANCASTER AND NUTTSVILLE. THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHERRIF'S OFFICE REPORTS FLOODING ALONG ROUTES 17 AND 33...AND NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS IN NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERINCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...WARNER...URBANA...REMLIK MOLLUSK...AND LANCASTER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ MALOIT
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS51 KAKQ 030118 COR FFWAKQ VAC103-119-030215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED TO REMOVE SOMERSET COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 908 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA LANCASTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 901 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHACKLEFORDS TO LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...KILMARNOCK...URBANNA...TYLERTON...IRVINGTON... LANCASTER AND NUTTSVILLE. THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHERRIF'S OFFICE REPORTS FLOODING ALONG ROUTES 17 AND 33...AND NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS IN NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO E`SCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ MALOIT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | James City | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 115 min |
| Sep 3, 1:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 67 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2000Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000
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.