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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2005, 4:13 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 9, 2005, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2005, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 925 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 9, 4:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 4:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:36 AM EDT, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 536 AM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-670-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032- 102-VAZ048-049-060>100-100945- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER- MARYLAND BEACHES-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN- INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER- CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN- CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER- MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 536 AM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF AN...SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 11:01 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1101 AM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 VAZ074>076-091615- ESSEX VA-RICHMOND VA-WESTMORELAND VA- 1101 AM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA... AT 1101 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEWLAND TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTROSS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THIS AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1211 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 VAZ073-077-078-082>085-090-091-091730- CHARLES CITY VA-GLOUCESTER VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-LANCASTER VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-YORK VA- 1211 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN NECK AND MIDDLE PENINSULA... AT 1211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF URBANNA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOANO...OR FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBLEY TO CLAREMONT...MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 119 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 NCZ013>017-030>032-102-VAZ095>098-091830- BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHOWAN NC-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-SUFFOLK VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 119 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA... AT 119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ONLY SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:20 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 93 min |
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Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.