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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 10, 2009Albemarle County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2009, 8:13 PM EDT for Albemarle County, Virginia. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 10, 2009, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2009, 10:41 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Albemarle County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 817 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 10, 3:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
312 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

.SYNOPSIS...

SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED OVER
THE MID ATLANTIC...KEEPING PERIODIC UNSETTLED CONDITIONS OVER THE
REGION FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
OVER THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/...

ISOLD TSTMS HV ALREADY DVLPD IN AND N OF THE CWA AHD OF THE MAIN
TSTM COMPLEX OVER WV. SPC HAS INDICATED THERE IS A PSBLTY OF AREA
BEING PLACED IN A WATCH BOX IN NEXT HR OR TWO. AMT OF CLD
CVR...LOWER TEMPS AND DWPTS...AND LGT WINDS THRUT THE ATMOSPHERE
WL ALL HELP TO MAKE TDAS SVR THREAT LOWER THAN YDA...BUT IF ANY
SVR WERE TO HAPPEN HAIL/DOWNBURSTS ARE MOST LKLY THREATS...ALONG
W/ HVY RAIN.

AFT STORMS MOVE THROUGH (AFT MDNGT) AREA WL RMN UNDER XTSV CLD
CVR. LOWS RANGE FM A60 IN THE HIGHLANDS TO U60 ALONG THE
BAY/CTIES.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY/...

AND WHILE A BRK FM THE TSTM THREAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IT DOESNT
APPEAR THU WL BE THE DAY. BNDRY WL RMN OVR THE AREA...AND CNVCTN
WL AGN BE LKLY TO DVLP DURG AFTN HRS. W/ CLD CVR XPCTD AGN THU
THIS WL HOLD HIGH TEMPS DOWN TO L80S E OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

AFTER THE ONGOING CONVECTION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT DISSIPATES
OVERNIGHT AND MOVES TO THE ENE...THE AREA WILL STILL REMAIN FAIRLY
UNSTABLE FOR THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND IN FACT THRU THE WEEKEND. IT
APPEARS THE LONGWAVE UPPER TROF THAT WILL DIP DOWN INTO THE LOWER
OHIO VLY AND MID ATLC WILL KEEP STEADY AREAS OF CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES
MOVING NEARLY DUE EAST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VLY TO THE MID ATLC
COAST. MODELS HAVE AND ARE CONTINUING TO DIVERGE DAILY ON HOW THESE
EVENTS WILL PLAY OUT...BUT THE CERTAINTY REMAINS TO BE THE FAVORABLE
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WEAK LEE TROFS AND SFC BOUNDARIES STREAMING
INTO THE REGION EVERY 12 HRS OR SO FROM LATE WED THRU POSSIBLY
SUNDAY...SOME STRONGER THAN OTHERS. EACH AFTN /WHICH THE DAYTIME
HEATING BRINGING TEMPS UP INTO THE M/U80S...DEWPOINTS REMAINING
STEADY IN AT LEAST THE 60S AND AT TIMES TO NEAR 70/ HAS AT LEAST A
LOW CHANCE OF SCATTERED TSTMS. THE WEAKER THE MID LEVEL FLOW...THE
BETTER THE CHANCE ACROSS THE WRN ZONES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS W/
TERRAIN CIRCULATION STORMS. THE STRONGER THE FLOW...THE BETTER THE
CHANCE E OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

A HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE EARLY AND
MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL LIKELY FORCE THE MID ATLC
UPPER TROF TO SLIDE OFF THE COAST. A FEW WEAK MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCES
STILL MAY SLIDE SE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND ACROSS THE MID ATLC
EARLY IN THE WEEK...BRINGING MORE LOW CHANCE POPS INTO MID NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /THIS EVE THROUGH MONDAY/...

TSTMS LKLY DURG EVE HRS. WHERE IT DOES RAIN FOG DVLPMNT IS PSBL
AFTR MDNT. TSTMS AGN PSBL THU AFTN.

MORE CHANCES OF TSTMS EACH DAY THRU INTO THIS WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...
VFR CONDITIONS W/ SCATTERED BANDS OF MID CLOUD DECKS. EARLY NEXT
WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BEGIN TO TAKE OVER THE MID ATLC WX...THO
STILL A LOW CHANCE OF TSTMS EXISTS NEARLY EVERY DAY THRU MID NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.MARINE...

WINDS XPCTD TO BE BLO SCA VALUES TNGT AND THU. MAIN PROBLEM WL BE
PSBLTY OF TSTMS OVER THE WATERS THIS EVE AND AGN THU AFTN.

SCA CONDITIONS MOST LIKELY ON FRIDAY W/ THE BEST SLY CHANNELING
ACROSS THE BAY. SCATTERED TSTMS EXPECTED INTERMITTENTLY EACH DAY
/MAINLY EACH AFTN...THO A FEW OVERNIGHT STORMS POSSIBLE AS WELL/
THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...NONE.
VA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

PRODUCTS...WOODY/GMS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:10 AM EDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1110 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057-
111015-
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-
CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-
1110 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY IN
THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THERE MAY BE A
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH
FLOODING AS THE MAIN CONCERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051-
WVZ050>055-501>504-111015-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
1110 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY IN
THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FROM
MID AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY
HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THERE MAY BE A
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH
FLOODING AS THE MAIN CONCERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
709 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

VAZ027-029-039-040-110000-
MADISON VA-PAGE VA-RAPPAHANNOCK VA-SHENANDOAH VA-
709 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT MADISON...PAGE...RAPPAHANNOCK AND
SHENANDOAH COUNTIES...

AT 709 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HAMBURG...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LURAY.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AND CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

KRAMAR
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:19 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
719 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

MDZ005-006-010-011-110000-
CARROLL MD-NORTHERN BALTIMORE MD-HOWARD MD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE MD-
719 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT CARROLL...NORTHERN BALTIMORE...
HOWARD AND SOUTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTIES...

AT 719 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
REISTERSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE
REISTERSTOWN...OWINGS MILLS...RANDALLSTOWN...PIKESVILLE...MILFORD
MILL AND TIMONIUM.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AND CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

KRAMAR
Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:25 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
725 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0721 PM     HAIL             1 E LURAY               38.66N  78.44W
06/10/2009  M0.75 INCH       PAGE               VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LEE
Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:47 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
747 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0747 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLLEGE PARK            39.00N  76.93W
06/10/2009                   PRINCE GEORGES     MD   911 CENTER

            MANY ROADS FLOODED.

&&

LEE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 9:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church90 min
Jun 10, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX48 min
Jun 11, 3:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchLWXArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more24 hr
Jun 11, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX68 min
Jun 10, 8:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.