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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 25, 2012Somerset County, Worcester County, Maryland; Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT for Somerset County, Worcester County, Maryland; Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia. It was in force for 117 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Somerset County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 25, 4:05 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Keller, VA	CARS DISABLED AND FILLING WITH WATER KELLER-PAINTER AREA...MANY ROADS CLOSED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 62 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 40 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

257 
WGUS51 KAKQ 251903
FFWAKQ
MDC039-047-VAC001-131-252100-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0006.120825T1903Z-120825T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
303 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER COUNTY...
  SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY...
  ACCOMACK COUNTY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  PARKSLEY TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF NASSAWADOX...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CAPE CHARLES...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EXMORE...
  CHINCOTEAGUE AND CRISFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 
DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN AUTOMOBILE. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF 
FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY 
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!


&&

LAT...LON 3794 7532 3780 7551 3741 7571 3749 7575
      3745 7580 3740 7572 3730 7585 3731 7579
      3719 7587 3736 7601 3780 7583 3780 7591
      3781 7575 3788 7570 3791 7577 3795 7567
      3797 7578 3780 7599 3806 7582 3811 7594

$$

ALBRIGHT

1 follow-up statement

067 
WGUS71 KAKQ 252011
FFSAKQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
411 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

VAC131-252021-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120825T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NORTHAMPTON VA-
411 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3779 7551 3747 7568 3749 7577 3747 7581
      3754 7580 3756 7593 3776 7581 3780 7583
      3781 7575 3786 7570 3789 7571 3791 7576
      3795 7567 3797 7578 3788 7591 3793 7591
      3806 7582 3809 7588 3794 7532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 175DEG 14KT 3818 7565 3772 7586

$$

MDC039-047-VAC001-252100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120825T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WORCESTER MD-SOMERSET MD-ACCOMACK VA-
411 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
ACCOMACK...SOUTH CENTRAL SOMERSET AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WORCESTER
COUNTIES...

AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION
STATION TO 6 MILES WEST OF ONANCOCK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
PRINCESS ANNE TO 12 MILES NORTH OF EXMORE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
LAWSONIA AND CRISFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3779 7551 3747 7568 3749 7577 3747 7581
      3754 7580 3756 7593 3776 7581 3780 7583
      3781 7575 3786 7570 3789 7571 3791 7576
      3795 7567 3797 7578 3788 7591 3793 7591
      3806 7582 3809 7588 3794 7532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 175DEG 14KT 3818 7565 3772 7586

$$

SCALORA

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 25, 2:54 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 2:54 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
254 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA THIS
AFTERNOON..AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER NEW ENGLAND.
THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DISSIPATE SUNDAY OVER THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE REGION EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION BY MIDWEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
A VERY WET MRNG FOR MANY AREAS OF FA. WK SFC LO PRES LIFING INTO
XTRM SCNTRL VA RIGHT NOW WILL BE SLO TO CONT TO TRACK NNW THIS
AFTN. SVRL BANDS OF MOD/HVY RA ASSOCIATED W/ TSTMS MOVG INTO ERN
VA AND TWD THE CAPITAL CITY. SVRL LOCATIONS IN SE/SCNTRL VA AND
FAR INTR NE NC HAVE RECEIVED 3-6 IN OF RA...INCLDG HERE AT THE
OFFICE. TRIMMED POPS FOR SE PORTION OF FA AS DRIER AIR MOVG N
INVOF CST...HIGHEST POPS (60-80%) INTO MID AFTN FOR THE FAR W AND
ACRS NRN 1/3RD OF FA. 14Z/25 RUC SUGGESTS HEAVIEST RA WILL BCM
CONCENTRATED IN AREAS FM RIC ON E AND NE THROUGH 18Z/25.
HI TEMPS L/M80S SE...TO M70S NNW.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE MID-LEVEL WAVE STEADILY DISSIPATES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY OVER
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING PREVAILING BY
MONDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND ISAAC WELL TO
THE SOUTH NEAR THE GULF COAST. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS DIMINISHES AS
WELL ALONG WITH AT LEAST A PARTIAL CLEARING TREND. HIGH TEMPERATURES
SHOULD REACH THE MID TO UPPER 80S SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY UPPER 80S TO
AROUND 90 MONDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
PLEASE FOLLOW THE LATEST FCST FROM THE NHC FOR DETAILS ON TS ISAAC.

LATEST FCST FOR ISAAC CONTINUES TO FAVOR A TRACK INTO THE GULF OF
MEXICO AND GENLY WELL TO THE SW OF THE AKQ CWA. ANY REMNANTS OF
ISAAC WOULD NOT APPEAR TO AFFECT THE LOCAL AREA UNTIL TUE NGT/WED AT
THE EARLIEST...WITH THE MAIN POTENTIAL IMPACT BEING HEAVY RAIN.
MID-LVL S/W TROF AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BNDRY APPROACH FROM THE WEST
ON TUE LEADING TO A CHC FOR RAIN. MAIN ISSUE DURING THE WEEK IS HOW
STRONG THE TROF OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WILL BE...WILL IT BE
AMPLIFIED ENUF TO PICK UP ISAAC AND ADVANCE IT TOWARDS THE MID
ATLANTIC (12Z GFS SOLUTION)...OR WILL THE TROF BE WEAKER AND MORE
PROGRESSIVE...LEADING TO ISAAC MISSING THE TROF AND INSTEAD HEADING
IN A N/NW DIRECTION FOLLOWING LANDFALL (12Z ECMWF SOLUTION)...WHICH
MEANS SFC HI PRES AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
THROUGH NEXT FRI. WILL CONTINUE A BLENDED FORECAST DUE TO THE LARGE
UNCERTAINTY WITH A BIT MORE WEIGHT PUT ON THE ECMWF...NO HIGHER THAN
30-40% POPS THRU THE PERIOD AND HIGH TEMPS RANGING THRU THE 80S OVER
THE COURSE OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN MARGINAL VFR CEILINGS
THROUGH MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD. SOME IFR PSBL ESPECIALLY AT PHF
WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLY SATURDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND
TSTMS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL
BE GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHEAST AS SURFACE LOW STALLS OVER SOUTHERN
VIRGINIA. CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVES BY MIDDAY SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK...MAINLY DRY WEATHER IS FORECAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THERE
WILL BE CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTN TSTMS BEGINNING TUESDAY. SOME MORNING
MVFR/IFR WILL BE PSBL DURING THE OUTLOOK PERIOD.

&&

.MARINE...
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY WITH STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW AND HIGH SWELL PERIOD EXPECTED.

MAINTAINED SCA'S THRU THIS AFTN/EVENG FOR THE CHES BAY AND THE
LWR JAMES RIVER NEAR HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE TUNNEL...AND THRU THIS
AFTN OR THRU LATE TNGT FOR THE CSTL WTRS...DUE TO STRNG NE OR E
WNDS CAUSED BY PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HI PRES JUST OFF THE NEW
ENGLAND CST AND LO PRES MOVNG NWRD FM JUST OFF THE NC CST. WAVES
OVR THE CHES BAY WILL BLD TO 3-5 FT WITH SEAS OVR THE COASTAL
WTRS BLDNG TO 5-6 FT. AFOREMENTIONED LO PRES WEAKENS AND
DISSIPATES OVR VA SUN MORNG. A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL WITH THE
EVENTUAL TRACK OF TS ISAAC (SEE LATEST NHC FCST FOR DETAILS).

&&

.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ632-
     634.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR ANZ630-631.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ638-
     656-658.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ANZ650-652-654.

&&

SYNOPSIS...AJZ/ALB/SAM
NEAR TERM...AJZ/ALB
SHORT TERM...AJZ
LONG TERM...MAS
AVIATION...LSA
MARINE...TMG

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 12:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ087-088-092-261630-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SOUTHAMPTON-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ102-261630-
OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ048-049-060>076-079>083-261630-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-
MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-
KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF
VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ650-652-654-261630-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO
20 NM-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ632-634-638-656-658-261630-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL-
JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE-
TUNNEL-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO
20 NM-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ633-635>637-261630-
CURRITUCK SOUND-RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT-
YORK RIVER-JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CURRITUCK SOUND...THE EASTERN
JAMES RIVER...THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK
RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ630-631-261630-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY
AND THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ021>024-VAZ077-078-084>086-089>091-093>097-261630-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-NORTHUMBERLAND-
LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-
ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS
VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF
VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ025-VAZ098>100-261630-
MARYLAND BEACHES-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
1218 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF
VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 25, 12:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1236 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

1230 PM     FLOOD            PAINTER                 37.59N  75.78W
08/25/2012                   ACCOMACK           VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 13 COVERED WITH WATER BUT PASSABLE...WATER
            FILLING DITCHES

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200680

LALEXAND

Local storm report, Aug 25, 12:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1247 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

1140 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 N NEWVILLE            37.20N  77.15W
08/25/2012  M5.25 INCH       PRINCE GEORGE      VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MODERATE FLOODING OF YARD OFF HINES ROAD JUST N OF POLE
            RUN

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200681

LALEXAND

Local storm report, Aug 25, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
144 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

1200 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BEACONSDALE             37.06N  76.47W
08/25/2012  M7.61 INCH       CITY OF NEWPORT NE VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL FROM AROUND 5 AM TO NOON

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200683

LALEXAND

Local storm report, Aug 25, 2:13 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
213 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

0150 PM     HEAVY RAIN       GROVE                   37.23N  76.63W
08/25/2012  M4.15 INCH       JAMES CITY         VA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL SINCE EARLY MORNING

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200685

LALEXAND

Local storm report, Aug 25, 2:32 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
232 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

1254 PM     TORNADO          1 NNE TROWER            37.62N  75.73W
08/25/2012                   ACCOMACK           VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO RPTD ORGINALLY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. TRAILER HOME
            DAMAGED WHERE ONE HAD MINOR INJURY

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200687

LALEXAND

Local storm report, Aug 25, 2:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
245 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

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

0100 PM     HEAVY RAIN       PURDY                   36.82N  77.59W
08/25/2012  M4.71 INCH       GREENSVILLE        VA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE EARLY MORNING

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EVENT NUMBER AKQ1200688

LALEXAND

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	116 min
Aug 25, 4:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Worcester	50 min
Aug 25, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	56 min
Aug 25, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	56 min
Aug 25, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	3 hr
Aug 25, 2:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		59 min
Aug 25, 2:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		81 min
Aug 25, 3:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	37 min
Aug 25, 5:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex and 7 more	119 min
Aug 25, 5:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	45 min
Aug 25, 5:39 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		81 min
Aug 25, 6:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Newport News	59 min
Aug 25, 6:48 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	117 min
Aug 25, 6:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia	2 hr
Aug 25, 8:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	65 min
Aug 25, 9:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Aug 25, 9:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 1 more	104 min
Aug 25, 9:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		44 min
Aug 25, 9:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		51 min
Aug 25, 9:55 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		35 min
Aug 25, 10:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	56 min
Aug 25, 10:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	32 min
Aug 25, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		37 min
Aug 25, 10:34 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		41 min
Aug 25, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, James City, New Kent, Prince George and 3 more	64 min
Aug 25, 10:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson	61 min
Aug 25, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	61 min
Aug 25, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Isle of Wight, James City, King William, New Kent, Surry and 3 more	54 min
Aug 25, 11:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	3 hr
Aug 25, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Isle of Wight, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex	92 min
Aug 25, 12:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton	81 min
Aug 25, 12:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Accomack	34 min
Aug 25, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		62 min
Aug 25, 1:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Surry, York and 3 more	109 min
Aug 25, 1:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	88 min
Aug 25, 2:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more	3 hr
Aug 25, 2:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Accomack	38 min
Aug 25, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		93 min
Aug 25, 3:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	6 hr
Aug 25, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		95 min
Aug 25, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		77 min
Aug 25, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	53 min
Aug 25, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Southampton, Sussex	64 min
Aug 25, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland	46 min
Aug 25, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, City of Petersburg	62 min
Aug 25, 7:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2012 Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2012 Every flash flood warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.