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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 23, 2006Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, City of Richmond, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2006, 6:52 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, City of Richmond, Virginia. It was in force for 83 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
Jun 23, 2006, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Powhatan County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 161 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1107 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 Jun 23, 2:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
255 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT/...
COLD FRONT IS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE LOWER MD EASTERN SHORE
AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL VA. NUMEROUS TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MAIN THREAT HAS BEEN HEAVY RAIN. HAVE BEEN
ISSUING NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WITH THESE STORMS WITH
RAINFALL RATES UP TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. IN ADDITION, FRONT IS
ORIENTED NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE FLOW...AND SO TRAINING OF CELLS IS
OCCURRING WITH THESE TSTMS. DEWPOINTS ARE GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO
MID 70S. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE AROUND 1.5 INCHES. HAVE
ALSO HAD A FEW SEVERE REPORTS WITH VILS IN THE LOW 70S...AND SOME
MARGINAL HAIL...EVEN THOUGH FREEZING LEVEL IS AROUND 14K FEET.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HAVE NOT MADE ANY CHANGES TO EXTENDED FROM THIS MORNING. STILL
EXPECT TO HAVE FRONT STALLED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC FOR AN EXTENDED
TIME PERIOD...WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS EVERY DAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TAF SITES EXCEPT SBY...WHERE IFR CONDITIONS IN
PREDOMINATE TSTMS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 2-3 HOUR. SHOWERS/TSTMS PSBL
THRU THE PERIOD AS COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION OVER THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS. OVERNIGHT CIGS/VSBY WILL LOWER TO
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS...WITH THESE CONDITIONS PREVAILING THROUGHOUT
THE WEEKEND.

&&

.MARINE...
SEAS INCREASE TONIGHT TO 5-6 FEET WITH PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW.
SMALL CRAFT WILL GO INTO EFFECT (FOR SEAS) WITH THIS ISSUANCE FOR
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

&&

.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ650-652-654 FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO
     NOON SATURDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...09
LONG TERM...09
AVIATION...FOSTER
MARINE...09
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 5:40 AM EDT, 13 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
540 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

ANZ630>632-650-652-654-656-658-
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-241030-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND TO CHINCOTEAGUE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO NC-VA BORDER OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC-VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT OUT 20 NM-
ACCOMACK VA-AMELIA VA-BERTIE NC-BRUNSWICK VA-CAMDEN NC-CAROLINE VA-
CHARLES CITY VA-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-CHOWAN NC-
CUMBERLAND VA-DINWIDDIE VA-DORCHESTER MD-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-
ESSEX VA-FLUVANNA VA-GATES NC-GLOUCESTER VA-GOOCHLAND VA-
GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-HERTFORD NC-INLAND WORCESTER MD-
ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-
LANCASTER VA-LOUISA VA-LUNENBURG VA-MARYLAND BEACHES MD-MATHEWS VA-
MECKLENBURG VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-NORTHAMPTON VA-NORTHAMPTON NC-
NORTHUMBERLAND VA-NOTTOWAY VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-
POWHATAN VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-RICHMOND VA-
SOMERSET MD-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-
VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-WESTMORELAND VA-WICOMICO MD-
YORK VA-
540 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY.
ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW OF THE
STRONGER STORMS COULD CONTAIN HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AND URBAN AREAS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

CULLEN

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): HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
443 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

VAZ095-097-098-232130-
CHESAPEAKE VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
443 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH...

AT 443 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GUSTY
WINDS...MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE STORM...WERE MOVING INTO NORFOLK AND
NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE...AND TOWARD VIRGINIA BEACH. THESE GUSTY WINDS
AHEAD OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PORTLOCK AT 450 PM
EDT...KEMPSVILLE AT 455 PM EDT...GALLUPS CORNER AT 500 PM
EDT...FENTRESS AT 505 PM EDT...MOUNT PLEASANT AT 510 PM EDT...PUNGO
AT 515 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO
A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

DR
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 2:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince Edward27 min
Jun 23, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ87 min
Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ90 min
Jun 23, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ83 min
Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQAccomack64 min
Jun 23, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ47 min
Jun 23, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Jun 23, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ88 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ89 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach44 min
Jun 23, 1:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQSomerset, Wicomico61 min
Jun 23, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWorcester55 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.