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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2008, 2:49 PM EDT for Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2008, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Prince George County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
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 Sep 26, 2:15 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 2:15 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 1:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 114 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ANZ650-652-654-656-658-271715- 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- 114 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630-631-633-MDZ021>023-NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-049-060>094-096- 097-271715- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CURRITUCK SOUND-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD- GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-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-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 114 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-NCZ017-VAZ095-271715- INLAND WORCESTER-INLAND CURRITUCK-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- 114 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-271715- MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 114 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ632-271715- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- 114 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SMF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 26, 11:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1108 AM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1053 AM TORNADO AULANDER 36.23N 77.11W
09/26/2008 BERTIE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO REPORTED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES NEAR AULANDER AND
MOVING NORTH.
&&
BJACKSONLocal storm report, Sep 26, 11:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1151 AM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1053 AM TORNADO AULANDER 36.23N 77.11W
09/26/2008 BERTIE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES IN THE 300 BLOCK
OF ELM ST IN AULANDER. ALSO A REPORT OF A TREE DOWN ON A
RESIDENCE IN AULANDER.
&&
BJACKSONLocal storm report, Sep 26, 12:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1221 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 S COURTLAND 36.65N 77.06W
09/26/2008 SOUTHAMPTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED SOUTH OF COURTLAND
&&
BJACKSONSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 12:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1254 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 NCZ013>016-030>032-VAZ081-088-089-092-093-096-097-261800- BERTIE NC-CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHOWAN NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 1254 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DISPUTANTA TO EDENTON...OR FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PURDY TO EDENTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BURGESS AROUND 100 PM EDT... JACOCKS AROUND 105 PM EDT... FORESTBURG AROUND 110 PM EDT... WINFALL AROUND 115 PM EDT... WOODVILLE AROUND 120 PM EDT... PASQUOTANK AROUND 125 PM EDT... EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. ROTATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE STORMS EARLIER TODAY...AND THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE IF ANY STRENGTHENING OCCURS. BROWN
Local storm report, Sep 26, 2:37 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 109 min |
| Sep 25, 10:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:55 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 10:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 46 min |
| Sep 26, 12:00 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin | 40 min |
| Sep 26, 1:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 35 min |
| Sep 26, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin | 112 min |
| Sep 26, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent, Prince George | 115 min |
| Sep 26, 5:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 25 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.