Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wakefield, VA

000 
WGUS71 KAKQ 182156
FFSAKQ
VAC193-182345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT WESTMORELAND 
COUNTY...

AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
WESTMORELAND COUNTY. 

WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAVE 
WEAKENED TO A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS 
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH 745 PM EDT...WITH 
THE WORST PROBLEMS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. 

WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATER THIS 
EVENING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAYS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

MANNING

000 
WGUS71 KAKQ 182323
FFSAKQ
VAC193-182350-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
721 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
  WESTMORELAND HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA AROUND 6 PM. EVEN THOUGH 
NO ROADWAYS WERE CLOSED...SOME ROADWAYS AROUND THE COUNTY HAD HIGH 
WATER BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM.  THE WATER HAS NOW RUN OFF...ENDING THE 
FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 

$$

NS
&&
LAT...LON 3815 7707 3814 7703 3801 7661 3817 7673

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
950 PM ET TUE JUN 18 2002

UPDATED ZFP TO REMOVE PRECIP FROM ALL BUT WESTERN CTYS. ACTVTY
DECREASING WITH NOCTURNAL COOLING. ADJUSTED CLOUD COVER.

PREV AFD BLO

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313 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ALONG AND OFF THE SC AND NC COAST WILL LIFT
VERY SLOWLY N AS A WARM FRONT TOMORROW AND THU. BEST CHANCE OF PCPN
WILL BE ACROSS NE NC AND SE VA AS THIS AREA IS WHERE BEST OMEGA WILL
BE LOCATED. UPPER RIDGE OVER WI EXTENDING N INTO CENTRAL CANADA
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT E AND WILL SHIFT S/W OFF THE COAST BY 12Z THU.
BOUNDARY HANGING AROUND COAST THU WITH GOOD TO LIKELY CHANCES FOR
SE VA AND NE NC CONTINUING.

TEMPS...AVN AND ETA ARE NOT THAT DIFFERENT AND WHERE THEY ARE
DIFFERENT WILL GO WITH WARMER VERSION AS THINK THERE WILL BE
A GOOD BIT OF CLOUDS.

EXTENDED...LATEST AVN QUITE DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS RUN WITH
UPPER LOW OVER SE U.S. AND WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS...ESPECIALLY
FOR NC PORTION. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE N PART OF CWA TUE BUT SINCE IT IS DAY 7 AND
THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE SO WILL NOT INCLUDE IN ZFP.

MARINE FCST...INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE SE CST AND HIGH PRES TO THE
NORTH WILL MAINLAND AN SOUTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CWA
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AVN INDICATES
GRADIENT TIGHTENING BY THURSDAY AND WINDS INCREASING...THEN
CONTINUING INTO SAT. NO FLAGS REQUIRED THROUGH WED NIGHT...HOWEVER
POSSIBLE BY THUR.

.AKQ...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.

WS/RP