Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

Issued

Aug 28, 2002, 12:03 PM EDT (16:03 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 2002, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

117 min

Issued by

NWS Wakefield, VA

Area

Whole counties

County City of Virginia Beach, VA

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KAKQ 281603
FFWAKQ
VAC810-281800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1159 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 1154 AM EDT...VIRGINIA BEACH LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED UP TO 3   
  FEET OF WATER ON SOME ROADWAYS.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 2    
  INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...AND THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1    
  PM.  SOME LOCATIONS WITH HIGH WATER INCLUDE LYNN SHORES AND        
  ROSEMONT AT VIRGINIA BEACH BOULEVARD.  WITH ADDITONAL              
  RAINFALL...RUN OFF WILL BE VERY SLOW...SO EXPECT SIGNIFICANT       
  STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS THROUGH 2 PM.

* 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...VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT...LYNNHAVEN AND CAPE
  HENRY.

$$
LAT...LON 3668 7603 3673 7581 3715 7593 3717 7631

NS

000 
WGUS71 KAKQ 281715
FFSAKQ
VAC650-700-710-735-740-810-281815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
105 PM EDT WED AUG 28 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE CITY OF 
VIRGINIA BEACH...  

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR THE CITY OF 
HAMPTON...CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...CITY OF NORFOLK...CITY OF   
POQUOSON...CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...

AT 1255 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 
OVER HAMPTON ROADS...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MPH.  ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ALONG THE VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA 
BORDER.  ALL AREAS OF HAMPTON ROADS CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH 
INTERMITTENT HEAVY DOWNPOURS THROUGH 215 PM.

SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN NORFOLK...VIRGINIA BEACH AND 
HAMPTON.  SOME ROADS IN VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORFOLK ARE COMPLETELY 
BLOCKED...SUCH AS ROSEMONT AT VIRGINIA BEACH BOULEVARD AND AROUND 
THE KINGS GRANT AREA.  CARS ARE REPORTED STALLED OUT IN DEEP WATER 
IN NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH.  OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED ON 
SOME ROADS IN NEWPORT NEWS.  IN HAMPTON...A SECTION OF WEST MERCURY 
BOULEVARD AND POWHATAN PARKWAY WAS CLOSED.  IN NEWPORT NEWS...THE 
INTERSECTION OF TWENTY SEVENTH STREET AND BUXTON BOULEVARD HAD SOME 
RISING WATER...ALONG WITH MULTIPLE SECONDARY ROADS IN THE AREA.

RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SPOTTERS IN VIRGINIA BEACH HAVE RANGED FROM 4.5 
INCHES TO ALMOST 7 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN YESTERDAY.  RAINFALL 
RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS 
IN HAMPTON ROADS.

$$

NS
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LAT...LON 3681 7638 3684 7596 3717 7627 3706 7652

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.