Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2001, 11:58 PM EDT for Rockingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2001, 11:58 PM EDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2001, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Rockingham County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 KLWX 230401 FFWLWX VAC165-230700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 1158 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA * UNTIL 300 AM EDT * AT 1148 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE FULK RUN AND BROADWAY AREAS IN NORTHWEST ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE AREA. 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. LAT...LON 3873 7903 3860 7886 3867 7875 3881 7895 ARTHUR
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 22, 11:13 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:13 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 1113 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001 UPDATED ZONES TO TAKE OUT SVR TSTM WATCH WHICH EXPIRED AT 11 PM. ALSO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO NE AND NC CWA BECAUSE OF PERSISTENT RAINFALL THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THIS AREA AND GRADUALLY MOVE E THRU EARLY MORNING HOURS. .LWX... DC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM ZONE DCZ001. MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM ZONES MDZ002>003...MDZ004>007... MDZ009>011...MDZ013>014. VA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM ZONES VAZ021... VAZ025>031...VAZ036>040...VAZ050>051...VAZ041>042...VAZ052>054. WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 AM ZONES WVZ048>055. MMARGRAF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
624 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM NORTHWEST PORTION VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 WARREN ROADS FLOODED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0530 PM SHAWNEELAND VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 FREDERICK ACCESS ROAD TO SHAWNEELAND
DEVELOPMENT WASHED OUT.
TRAFFIC NOT ABLE TO LEAVE
OR ENTER DEVELOPMENT.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0545 PM COUNTYWIDE VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 NELSON WATER COVERED ROAD NEAR
NELSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
REPORTED BY 911 CENTER.
0555 PM COUNTYWIDE VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 LOUDOUN FLOODING REPORTED BY 911
CENTER. 3.25 INCHES OF
RAINFALL REPORTED IN
LEESBURG.
0605 PM ASHBURN VA 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/22/01 LOUDOUN ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST
BY SPOTTER.
MKMLocal storm report, Jun 22, 8:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
812 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM LEESBURG VA .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/01 LOUDOUN DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTER.
0630 PM 4 W ASHBURN VA WIND DAMAGE
06/22/01 LOUDOUN POWERLINES DOWN ON BELMONT
RIDGE ROAD NEAR THE
GREENWAY. REPORTED BY
SKYWARN.
0645 PM COUNTYWIDE VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 LOUDOUN WATER OVER INTERSECTION OF
ROUTE 7 AND ASHBURN
VILLIAGE ROAD. 2 FEET OF
WATER IN INTERSECTION OF
ROUTE 7 AND 659. REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS.
0710 PM SOUTHWEST PORTION MD FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 ALLEGANY FLOODING IN RAWLINGS. ONE
TREE DOWNED ONTO A
POWERLINE IN FROSTBURG.
REPORTED BY EOC.
0730 PM HANGING ROCK VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 SHENANDOAH RIVERS RISING RAPIDLY NEAR
HANGING ROCK AND ROUTE 259
AND 612. HELICOPTER RESCUE
OF WOMAN IN CAR. REPORTED
BY SKYWARN.
0745 PM FULKS RUN VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 ROCKINGHAM EVACUATING AREA BETWEEN
BERGTON AND BROADWAY DUE TO
FLOODING. REPORTED BY 911
CENTER.
MKMLocal storm report, Jun 22, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
1045 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0429 PM POINT OF ROCKS MD FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 FREDERICK FLOODED ROADS AT RAILROAD
CROSSING ON ROUTE 28.
REPORTED BY SKYWARN.
0700 PM LUCKETTS VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 LOUDOUN FLOODING REPORTED ON ROUTE
663 AND AT THE INTERSECTION
OF ROUTE 15 AND 662.
REPORTED BY SKYWARN.
0720 PM ARCOLA VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 LOUDOUN WATER COVERED ROUTE 659.
REPORTED BY SKYWARN.
0723 PM COUNTYWIDE VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 LOUDOUN LIMESTONE BRANCH OUT OF
BANKS AT ROUTE 15 AND
COOLSPRING. REPORTED BY
SKYWARN.
0845 PM WESTERN PORTION VA FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 SHENANDOAH PROPANE TANK WASHED AWAY
BY FLOOD WATERS WEST OF MT.
JACKSON. RAPIDLY RISING
WATER ON RIVERS. SOME LOW
WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED.
CARS IN WATER AND SOME
WATER RESCUES. REPORTED BY
SKYWARN.
0853 PM BROOKVILLE MD FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 MONTGOMERY ROUTE 97 NORTH OF
BROOKVILLE CLOSED BY HIGH
WATER. REPORTED BY SKYWARN.
0900 PM COUNTYWIDE MD FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 MONTGOMERY THREE WATER RESCUES FROM
CARS NEAR OLNEY. THREE
ROADS CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.
4.00 INCHES OF RAIN AT
BRIGHTON DAM. REPORTED BY
POLICE AND FIRE AND RESCUE.
0910 PM MANASSAS VA 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/22/01 PRINCE WILLIAM
0945 PM COUNTYWIDE MD FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 CARROLL A FEW ROADS AND LOW LYING
AREAS FLOODED. REPORTED BY
911 CENTER.
1040 PM COUNTYWIDE MD FLASH FLOODS
06/22/01 HOWARD SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED AND
ONE VEHICLE TRAPPED.
SEVERAL WATER RESCUES IN
PROGRESS. SEVERAL BASEMENTS
FLOODED. REPORTED BY EOC.
MKMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | City of Alexandria | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.