Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2009, 4:01 PM EDT for Frederick 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
- May 28, 2009, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2009, 6:29 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Frederick County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 28, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 255 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY. A REINFORCING FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ON MONDAY BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT AFFECTS THE REGION DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... RW/TRW HV DVLPD ACROSS THE CWA...AND SHOULD CONT FOR THE NEXT SVRL HRS. CELL WARNED ON IN ERN W.V. SHOWING STRONG HAIL CORE ALOFT. WRF/ARW SHOWS LN OVR OH PROGRESSING E INTO THE I-95 CORRIDOR ARND 03Z. EVE SHIFT WL MONITOR TO SEE IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER. PCPN XPCTD TO BE MINIMAL AFTER MDNGT. AREA SHOULD RMN M CLDY OVRNGT W/ PTCHY FOG DVLPG. TEMPS IN M60S. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY/... CD FNT PROGGED TO MOVE THRU THE I-95 DURG LATE AFTN FRI. SREF INSTABILITY PARAMETERS SHOW BEST PTNL FOR SVR IN THE CWA WL BE E OF I-95 DURG LATE AFTN IN GNRL AGREEMENT W/ WHAT SPC HAS DRAWN OUT FOR DAY 2 SVR OUTLOOK. ANOTHER DAY W/ PLENTY OF CLDS...ALTHO PRBLY MORE BREAKS THAN TDA. TEMPS M70S MTNS...L80S ELSEWHERE, && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE EASTERN CWA EARLY FRIDAY EVENING AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THIS FRONT BRINGING A RETURN OF COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PASS BY TO THE NORTH SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING AND THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC DURING THIS TIME. DESPITE THE FORCING...INSTABILITY WILL BE LACKING DUE TO DRY AIR. WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS POPS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS WHERE HIGHER TERRAIN AND UPSLOPE MAY PLAY A FACTOR. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK BUT IT WILL LIKELY STALL OUT OVERHEAD IN A ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. DISTURBANCES RIDING ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION /THIS EVE THROUGH TUESDAY/... CIGS IN MVFR CAT MAY DCRS TO IFR OVRNGT AS FOG/LOW CLDS DVLP. IN ADDITION TSTMS WL CONT TO FORM ACROSS THE MID ATLC RGN THRU AT LEAST MID EVENG. TSTMS PSBL AGN FRI AFTN ACROSS THE MID ATLC. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. AN ISOLATED SHOWER/T-STORM MAY AFFECT THE TERMINALS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS KMRB. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MORE VFR CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE... WINDS BLO SCA VALUES TNGT AND FRI. TSTMS THIS EVE AND LATE TMRW AFTN WL BE THE BIGGEST PROBS. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE WATERS EARLY FRIDAY EVENING BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL EARLY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WATERS OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE WATERS EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT THE NEXT BOUNDARY WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && PRODUCTS...WOODY/BJL
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:56 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 241 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 MDZ502-WVZ050-051-281915- HAMPSHIRE WV-MORGAN WV-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY MD- 241 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT HAMPSHIRE...MORGAN AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES... AT 241 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LEVELS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE OLDTOWN...TOWN CREEK...PAW PAW...MAGNOLIA...GREEN RIDGE AND PUMPKIN CENTER. WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. KRAMAR
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 72 min | |
| May 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Frederick, Greene and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Frederick | 2 hr |
| May 28, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 39 min |
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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.