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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2009, 4:53 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, 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 14, 2009, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 14, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 129 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 NCZ012-VAZ079-080-087-092-141830- BRUNSWICK VA-DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-NORTHAMPTON NC-SOUTHAMPTON VA- 129 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA BORDER... AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM DAHLIA TO 16 MILES EAST OF CLARESVILLE...OR FROM DAHLIA TO BOYKINS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE NEAR BARLEY AROUND 210 PM EDT... GASTON AROUND 220 PM EDT... OTHER AREAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...EMPORIA...WARFIELD...BRUNSWICK...AND LAWRENCEVILLE. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS...LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE 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. BROWN
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 235 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 NCZ012>017-030>032-142045- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON 235 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING NUMEROUS STRONG SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...FROM NORTHAMPTON COUNTY EASTWARD TO CURRITUCK. THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND HAVE INCREASED IN COVERAGE OVER THE PAST HOUR. LOCATIONS THAT MY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ELIZABETH CITY...SOUTH MILLS...SUNBURY...GATES...CORAPEAKE...MURFREESBORO AND AHOSKIE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. URBAN STREETS MAY BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO PONDING WATER FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER MAY COVER THE ROADS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED AREAS...TURN AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. FOSTER
Local storm report, Aug 14, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 14, 4:58 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 113 min |
| Aug 14, 8:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Mathews | 116 min |
| Aug 14, 9:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, York, City of Newport News | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 108 min |
| Aug 14, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 92 min |
| Aug 14, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie | 110 min |
| Aug 14, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 119 min |
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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.