Alert archive / West Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 107, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2003, 11:51 PM EDT for Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2003, 11:51 PM EDT (03:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2003, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Berkeley County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 9:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057- WVZ048>055-170800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1059 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE REGION IS NOT OUTLOOKED AS BEING AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. ABW
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 16, 7:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
754 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM KINGSVILLE MD WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03 BALTIMORE TREES DOWNED. EOC
REPORT.
0450 PM BRANDYWINE MD WIND DAMAGE
08/16/03 PRINCE GEORGES WIRES DOWN IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY. EOC REPORT.Special weather statement, Aug 16, 8:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
WVZ053-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 821 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 821 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEARNEYSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARLES TOWN AND RANSON WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 900 PM EDT. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. MANNING
Local storm report, Aug 16, 8:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Loudoun | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Augusta | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Nelson | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Jefferson | 49 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.