Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Baltimore/Washington

Issued

Sep 2, 2000, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)

Expired

Sep 2, 2000, 4:45 AM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Baltimore/Washington

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Augusta County, VA, Nelson County, VA

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
245 AM EDT SAT SEP 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NELSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  AUGUSTA COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 239 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST
PORTION OF NELSON COUNTY AND THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF AUGUSTA
COUNTY IN VIRGINIA. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY THE
LAST FEW HOURS AND HAS DUMPED MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN
THE TYE RIVER BASIN!

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. QUICKLY
MOVE OUT OF AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

IF WATER IS FLOWING ACROSS A ROADWAY TURN YOUR VEHICLE AROUND AND
FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW
YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3797 7906 3785 7889 3774 7898 3801 7926

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 1, 9:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
913 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2000

CONTINUING TROP AIR MASS OVR THE AREA. NOW QUITE AS MOIST AS LAST
NIGHT BUT STILL QUITE HI. HOWEVER MAIN VORT TONIGHT SEEMS TO BE SW
OF THE AREA AND LOOKS TO MISS MOST OF THE AREA. THIS SHD NOT HELP TO
GENERATE MUCH NEW CONVECTION TNGT. WL STILL GET SOME SHWRS AND TSTMS
IN THIS AIR MASS. WL LOWER POPS TO 30 ACRS THE AREA.

CURRENT TEMP FCST LOOKS GOOD WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

FCSTID = 92
DCA   75  86  75  86 /  30  50  40  50
BWI   75  86  75  86 /  30  50  40  50
MRB   73  86  73  86 /  30  50  40  50
IAD   73  86  73  86 /  30  50  40  50
CHO   73  86  73  86 /  30  50  40  50
HGR   73  86  73  86 /  30  50  40  50
NHK   76  86  76  86 /  30  50  40  50

.LWX...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.