Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Wakefield, VA

000 
WGUS71 KAKQ 040442
FFSAKQ
VAC001-131-040630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1240 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR ACCOMACK
   AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

AT 1230 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS 
OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND OVER 
THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF ACCOMACK COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 
RAINFALL INDICATE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS
DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE MOVING OFF THE SOUTHERN 
DELMARVA COAST BY AROUND 1 AM. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SHOWERS...SOME 
WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE VIRGINIA EASTERN 
SHORE OVERNIGHT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.

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

$$

CULLEN
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LAT...LON 3738 7604 3726 7588 3718 7566 3750 7553
          3796 7529 3793 7582

000 
WGUS71 KAKQ 040523
FFSAKQ
VAC001-131-040550-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
121 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM FOR 
   ACCOMACK AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME ROADWAYS STILL MAY BE COVERED WITH 
WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 
ROADWAYS.

$$

CULLEN
&&
LAT...LON 3797 7582 3706 7606 3709 7569 3800 7545

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
928 PM EDT WED SEP  3 2003

CONVECTION CONTINUES OVER ERN/SE VA AND NE NC...THOUGH OVER THE PAST
HOUR HAS DIMINISHED APPRECIABLY IN BOTH INTENSITY AND AREAL
COVERAGE. THE MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING HAD BEEN WITH THE HEAVY RAIN
(LOCALIZED FLOODING).

WSW-ENE STATIONARY FRONT HAS BECOME POORLY DEFINED OF LATE...AS MAIN
COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PRESS TOWARD THE ATLC SEABOARD. WV AND
LONGWAVE IR LOOPS HOWEVER CONTINUE TO SHOW WARM CONVEYOR BELT OR
DEEP MID/UPPER LEVEL MOIST AXIS STRETCHING FROM THE SUBTROPIC REGION
S OF BAJA NE TO THE MID ATLC COAST. FOR THE OVERNIGHT...LATEST GFS
AND RUC SHOW INCREASED RRQ REGION UPPER JET FORCING AND 850/500 MB
FRONTOGENESIS BUILDING E OF THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH DECENT QVECTOR
CONVERGENCE DEVELOPING ON THE WARM SIDE (OVER OUR REGION). THIS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RAIN CHANCES OVERNIGHT...ALBEIT MAINLY
SCATTERED OVER THE FCST AREA GIVEN THE LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING AND
WITH THE STRONGER 925/850 MB THETA-E INFLOW (ELEVATED MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE) TO OUR NORTH.

DO NOT PLAN ON MAKING MANY CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS MIN TEMP
FORECAST.

MARINE FORECAST...WILL RAISE A SCA FOR A PORTION OF THE COASTAL
WATERS (CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT) DUE TO THE
INCREASED SWELL (5FT SEAS...13 SECOND PERIOD).

.AKQ...
.MD...NONE.
.VA...SCA FOR SEAS CSTL WTRS CAPE CHARLES LGT TO VA/NC BORDER.
.NC...SCA FOR SEAS CSTL WTRS CAPE CHARLES LGT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LGT.

HURLEY

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-031600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
634 AM EDT WED SEP 03 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE ATLANTIC BEACHES
FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

BUILDING SWELLS IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE FABIAN PASSING WELL
OFFSHORE WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

BROWN

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
WAKEFIELD, VA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING
(LOWER CASE): WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
0742 PM EDT WED SEP 03 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0730 PM    HAMPTON                   VA   45 MPH WIND GUST
09/03/03   CITY OF HAMPTON                PEA-SIZED HAIL. NEAR
                                          LANGLEY AFB. REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTER.

FOSTER

VAZ087-089-092>094-096-040245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
943 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS HAMPTON ROADS...

AT 943 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM 13 MILES WEST OF SMITHFIELD TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF DAHLIA...OR FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF SURRY TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF DAHLIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE LINE OF
STORMS WILL BE NEAR COURTLAND AROUND 1020 PM...NEWPORT NEWS
AROUND 1025 PM...SMITHFIELD AROUND 1030 PM...AND FRANKLIN AROUND
1045 PM. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE
HOLLAND...LANGLEY AFB AND WINDSOR.

EXPECT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

FOSTER
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LAT...LON 3710 7684 3655 7762 3658 7686 3712 7626