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Flash Flood Warning 132, NWS Baltimore/Washington
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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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 6, 10:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Nelson, Orange, City of Charlottesville | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 7 hr | |
| Sep 7, 11:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fairfax and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:37 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 70 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Sep 7, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 78 min | |
| Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 95 min | |
| Sep 7, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 119 min | |
| Sep 7, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 115 min | |
| Sep 6, 9:07 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Garrett | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Montgomery | 19 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 9:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 12 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Prince George's | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Charles, Prince George's | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 11:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Prince George's | 10 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Howard | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Charles | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 12:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Prince George's | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Carroll, Howard, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 1:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 8 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Calvert, Saint Mary's | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Calvert | 22 min |
| Sep 7, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Saint Mary's | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Saint Mary's | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LWX | Calvert, Saint Mary's | 25 min |
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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.