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Small Craft Advisory 162, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this small craft advisory at Sep 3, 2012, 2:10 AM EDT. It took effect at Sep 4, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2012, 2:10 AM EDT (06:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 4, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Sep 2, 9:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 9:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 934 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL PERSIST OVER THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT...THEN LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON MONDAY. MEANWHILE...REMNANTS OF ISAAC WILL CONTINUE DRIFTING EAST FROM THE MIDWEST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AN UPPER TROUGH LOOKS TO CONTINUE THE ACTIVE WEATHER PERIOD INTO THURSDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION LATE THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... A STRONG H5 VORT FROM THE DECAYING PREDECESSOR RAINFALL EVENT FROM THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION NOW THROUGH OVERNIGHT. THIS WAS THE LIFTING MECHANSIM THAT PRODUCED THIS EVENINGS SHOWERS AND ISLTD TSTMS. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO LIFT A BIT NORTH OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM WHEN THE VORT MAX WILL BE OVER THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. RAP MODEL SHOWS INCREASING STABILITY OVERNIGHT SO DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY SEVERE WEATHER. PATCHY FOG AND LOW CIGS OVERNIGHT AS INVERSION DEVELOPS WITH LOW LCLS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BEST CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING APPEARS TO BE DELAYED UNTIL TUE NIGHT INTO WED. WE WILL SEE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AGAIN ON MONDAY LABOR DAY...PROBABLY A FEW MORE EVENTS THAN WE SAW TODAY IN CHARLES COUNTY...ST MARYS COUNTY...AND DC. WIDESPREAD PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE CWFA DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. KEPT THE LIKELY POPS IN PLACE. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW AS THE SOILS CONTINUE TO SATURATE. THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING THE MID ATLANTIC INTO WEDNESDAY...CONTINUING PERIODIC HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...REMNANTS OF ISAAC TRACK UP THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH THE WARM FRONT AHEAD OF THIS LOW PERSISTING AROUND THE MASON-DIXON LINE. LIKELY POPS SPREAD EAST THROUGH THIS TIMEFRAME. PWATS WILL REMAIN AROUND 2.2 INCHES THROUGH THIS TIME...SO HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY AND A FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL ALSO REMAIN. TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WILL PERSIST FROM SLY SFC FLOW UNDER THICK CLOUDS. WEDNESDAY...WEAK COLD FRONT IN THE WAKE OF THE EXTRA-TROPICAL ISAAC REMNANTS CONTINUES LIKELY POPS...WITH PRECIP TAPERING OFF BEHIND THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THIS REALLY IS NOT MUCH OF A COLD FRONT AS 16C 850 TEMPS BUILD IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM. IN FACT A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR LATER IN THE WEEK...OWING MOSTLY TO INCREASED SUNSHINE. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... UPR TROUGH IN WAKE OF ISAAC REMNANTS CROSSES THE REGION THURSDAY. WENT WITH CHANCE POPS FOR NOW...THOUGH CONSIDERING HOW PRECONDITIONED THE SOIL WILL BE LIKELIES WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BE PUT IN SOON. IN A LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT WEEKEND...HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF THE UPR TROUGH FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE SHORT LIVED AS A DEEPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO APPROACH THE MID ATLANTIC SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT...BUT BEGIN SHIFTING NORTHWARD ON MONDAY. CIGS AOB 040 WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT FOR MOST OF THE TERMINALS. PRECIP WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY. SUB VFR VSBYS AT MOST TERMINAL SITES OVERNIGHT WITH SHRA/TSRA AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ONGOING PRECIPITATION EVENT FROM THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC CONTINUES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SFC FLOW WILL MAINLY BE SLY WITH MVFR/IFR CONDS EXPECTED IN THE SHRA/TSRA. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER THURSDAY BEFORE BRIEF HIGH PRESSURE THEN INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .MARINE... EAST/SOUTHEAST FLOW AOB 15 KT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH TOMORROW. NO HEADLINES ANTICIPATED...BUT A FEW SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE BAY OVERNIGHT BUT BEGIN SHIFTING NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. SELY FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS REMNANTS OF ISAAC APPROACH FROM THE WEST. FLOW BECOMES SLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH MIDWEEK AS THE REMNANTS TRACK TO THE NORTH OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... CONTINUED EASTERLY FLOW INCREASES SHOULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING FOR THE MONDAY HIGH TIDES. THE COASTAL FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... DC...NONE. MD...NONE. VA...NONE. WV...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BAJ/LEE/NWL NEAR TERM...LEE SHORT TERM...BAJ/NWL LONG TERM...BAJ AVIATION...BAJ/LEE/NWL MARINE...BAJ/LEE/NWL TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...LEE
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 1:29 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 9:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 912 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012 VAZ040-501-030200- RAPPAHANNOCK VA-NORTHERN FAUQUIER VA- 912 PM EDT SUN SEP 2 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT RAPPAHANNOCK AND NORTHERN FAUQUIER COUNTIES... AT 911 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLINT HILL...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE HUME AND FLINT HILL. HEAVY RAIN...OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH THIS STORM WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE MILE AND COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POORLY DRAINED AREA. && LAT...LON 3891 7798 3871 7792 3869 7812 3882 7817 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 265DEG 2KT 3879 7807 SMZ
Local storm report, Sep 2, 9:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
933 PM EDT SUN SEP 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NNE WASHINGTON 38.91N 77.01W
09/02/2012 DISTRICT OF COLUMB DC 911 CALL CENTER
RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW CLOSED BETWEEN THE 100 AND 200
BLOCK
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1201150
KLWLocal storm report, Sep 2, 9:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
939 PM EDT SUN SEP 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NNE WASHINGTON 38.91N 77.01W
09/02/2012 DISTRICT OF COLUMB DC 911 CALL CENTER
RHODE ISLAND AVENUE NW CLOSED BETWEEN THE 100 AND 200
BLOCK
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
EVENT NUMBER LWX1201150
KLWLocal storm report, Sep 2, 9:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
944 PM EDT SUN SEP 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NNE WASHINGTON 38.92N 77.01W
09/02/2012 DISTRICT OF COLUMB DC 911 CALL CENTER
1ST ST NE AND V ST NE CLOSED
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1201152
KLWLocal storm report, Sep 2, 9:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
946 PM EDT SUN SEP 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N WASHINGTON 38.91N 77.02W
09/02/2012 DISTRICT OF COLUMB DC 911 CALL CENTER
RHODE ISLAND AVE NW AND FLORIDA AVE NW CLOSED
&&
EVENT NUMBER LWX1201153
KLWSpecial weather statement, Sep 2, 10:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Rappahannock | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Rappahannock | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Shenandoah | 38 min |
| Sep 3, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 66 min | |
| Sep 3, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 34 min | |
| Sep 3, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, City of Baltimore | 113 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.