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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2009, 1:09 PM EDT for City of Hampton, 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
- Aug 13, 2009, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County City of Hampton, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 13, 9:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 9:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:59 AM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
859 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH 36.84N 76.30W
08/12/2009 CITY OF PORTSMOUTH VA TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED FROM FLOODING
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ASIEBERSSpecial weather statement, Aug 13, 11:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1103 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 VAZ100-131600- NORTHAMPTON VA- 1103 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 ...STRONG SHOWERS OVER NORTHAMPTON COUNTY... AT 1058 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG RAIN SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY VIRGINIA...FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERITON TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF BAY VIEW...OR FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF EXMORE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE CHARLES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 12 NOON. THESE SHOWERS MAY ALSO DEVELOP INTO THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF LIGHTNING. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. FOSTER
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 12:38 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1238 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 VAZ091-094-131730- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-YORK VA- 1238 PM EDT THU AUG 13 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NEWPORT NEWS AND HAMPTON... AT 1236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BEACONSDALE...OR ABOUT OVER NEWPORT NEWS... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TABB AT 1245 PM EDT...NORTHAMPTON AT 1250 PM EDT...LANGLEY AFB AND...LANGLEY VIEW AT 120 PM EDT...MESSICK AT 130 PM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 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. SMF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 116 min |
| Aug 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 119 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 50 min |
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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.