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Flash Flood Warning 132, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 7, 2011Albemarle County, Nelson County, City of Charlottesville, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2011, 12:21 AM EDT for Albemarle County, Nelson County, City of Charlottesville, 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
Sep 7, 2011, 12:21 AM EDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2011, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Albemarle County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, Nelson County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 6, 9:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 9:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 7:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 6, 8:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:25 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:37 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:40 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 6, 11:43 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 10:54 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Nelson, Orange, City of Charlottesville4 hr
Sep 7, 10:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church7 hr
Sep 7, 11:11 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX7 hr
Sep 7, 11:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXFairfax, King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fairfax and 2 more3 hr
Sep 7, 12:37 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXArlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more70 hr
Sep 7, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Sep 7, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX78 min
Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX95 min
Sep 7, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX119 min
Sep 7, 5:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church6 hr
Sep 7, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningLWX115 min
Sep 6, 9:07 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXGarrett7 hr
Sep 6, 10:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXMontgomery19 hr
Sep 7, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXBaltimore, Carroll56 min
Sep 7, 9:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore12 hr
Sep 7, 10:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXPrince George's33 min
Sep 7, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXCharles, Prince George's32 min
Sep 7, 11:33 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Prince George's10 hr
Sep 7, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXHoward44 min
Sep 7, 12:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXCharles31 min
Sep 7, 12:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCharles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's5 hr
Sep 7, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXPrince George's51 min
Sep 7, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXMontgomery27 min
Sep 7, 1:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCarroll, Howard, Montgomery3 hr
Sep 7, 1:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's, Saint Mary's3 hr
Sep 7, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore28 min
Sep 7, 1:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXBaltimore, Harford8 hr
Sep 7, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert, Saint Mary's6 hr
Sep 7, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXCalvert22 min
Sep 7, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXBaltimore, City of Baltimore48 min
Sep 7, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLWXSaint Mary's35 min
Sep 7, 7:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXSaint Mary's37 min
Sep 7, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningLWXCalvert, Saint Mary's25 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.