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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 5, 200636 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood watch at Jul 5, 2006, 5:06 AM EDT for 36 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2006, 5:06 AM EDT (09:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Flood severity
None
All 49 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 5, 4:51 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:51 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 5:45 AM EDT, 23 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
545 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>098-050945-
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-
545 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN TODAY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES
TO CLIMB BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON...
HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE COASTS. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM MID AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY...AND AS A RESULT WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...
ALONG WITH FREQUENT... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS WILL ALSO
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
STRONG...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS.
IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING WILL EXIST WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MDZ021>025-VAZ099-100-050945-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
545 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MARYLAND AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN TODAY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES
TO CLIMB BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON...
HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE COASTS. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM MID AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY...AND AS A RESULT WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING...ALONG WITH FREQUENT...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FEW
STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...WITH
STRONG...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS.
IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING WILL EXIST WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-670-050945-
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-
545 AM EDT TUE JUL 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
CHESAPEAKE BAY...SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND AND THE MID ATLANTIC OFFSHORE
WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM MID AFTERNOON
AND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
SLOWLY...AND AS A RESULT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PROLONGED
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS WILL ALSO BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...
WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS OR GREATER AS THE MAIN THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

HURLEY

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg26 min
Jul 4, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ62 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQNottoway2 hr
Jul 5, 4:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQLouisa115 min
Jul 5, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQGreensville, Sussex, City of Emporia2 hr
Jul 5, 5:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQSurry3 hr
Jul 5, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ65 min
Jul 5, 6:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield2 hr
Jul 5, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ83 min
Jul 4, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico29 min
Jul 4, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset37 min
Jul 5, 4:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQSomerset2 hr
Jul 5, 5:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQWorcester119 min
Jul 5, 6:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQSomerset117 min
Jul 5, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset38 min
Jul 5, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQWorcester91 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2006Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2006Flash Flood Watches in Maryland, 2006Every flash flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.