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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 14, 2009City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

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

Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

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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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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

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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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:05 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 14, 4:48 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 4:58 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 3 more4 hr
Aug 14, 7:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQLancaster, Mathews, Middlesex113 min
Aug 14, 8:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQMathews116 min
Aug 14, 9:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQGloucester, James City, York, City of Newport News2 hr
Aug 14, 1:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQYork, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson108 min
Aug 14, 2:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk60 min
Aug 14, 2:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQYork, City of Newport News3 hr
Aug 14, 2:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach56 min
Aug 14, 4:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach2 hr
Aug 13, 10:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Currituck64 min
Aug 14, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Pasquotank, Perquimans92 min
Aug 14, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie110 min
Aug 14, 5:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Pasquotank, Perquimans119 min

Nearby

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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.