Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington

Issued

Jun 27, 2000, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Baltimore/Washington

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Albemarle County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS51 KLWX 271959
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VAC003-540-272200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
357 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 349 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN OVER ALBERMARLE COUNTY.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS
  ALBERMARLE COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. 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 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.

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 3807 7881 3789 7876 3794 7812 3820 7817

JA/DMW

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
215 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2000

GOING INTO A CLOUDY AND OCNL WET PERIOD. UPR LVL TROF ADVANCES
EWD TO THE ERN US AND H5 RDG OFF THE ATLC COAST MOVES FURTHER EWD
NXT 48 TO 60 HRS. MEANWHILE AT THE SFC...CDFNT WL PUSH INTO THE AREA
TNGT BUT THEN STALL OVR THE CWA WED THRU THU AS UPR LVL FLO BACKS IN
RESPONSE TO H5 HGT FALLS TO OUR W AS MORE ENERGY DIVES INTO THE BASE
OF THE UPR LVL TROF. SERIES OF SHRTWVS COMING OUT OF THE BASE OF THE
TROF WL RESULT IN SFC WAVES DVLPG ALONG THE WAVY FRONT OVR THE AREA
LATE WED INTO THU AND POSSIBLY INTO FRI.

NGM/AVN AND ETA ALL OFFER DIFFERING SOLUTIONS ON TIMING OF SFC WAVES UP
AND ALONG THE WAVY FRONT. MODELS OFTEN HAVE DIFFICULTY IN TIMING SUCH
SYSTEMS IN AND OUT OF THE AREA IN SUCH A PATTERN. DISPARITY IS SEEN IN
THE NGM/AVN POP AND QPF FIELDS. WL LEAVE POPS OUT (HIDDEN 20) FAR NW ZNS ON
WED WHERE I THINK SOME DRIER AIR MAY TEMPORARILY MOVE INTO THAT AREA.
OTHERWISE...I AM ONLY CONFIDENT ENUF TO GO WITH CHC POPS 1ST THRU 4TH
PDS.

FRONT HANGS AROUND INTO FRI SO WILL KEEP THE CHC POPS IN THE FCST. BY
SAT/SUN...MRF INDICATES THE ERN US TROF WL MOVE EWD AND H5 RDG WL BUILD
IN FROM THE WEST. THIS SHUD CAUSE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVR THE AREA TO
MOVE OFFSHR. THUS...AFTER A WEEK FILLED WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS AND SHRA/TSRA
THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR A SUNNY WEEKEND.

FCSTID = 15
DCA   68  83  F70  77 /  50  40  50  50
BWI   68  82  70  77 /  50  40  50  50
MRB   63  82  64  76 /  50  20  50  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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.