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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 7, 2013Clarke County, Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2013, 9:44 PM EDT for Clarke County, Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 8, 2013, 7:15 PM EDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2013, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
In effect from: May 8, 2013, 7:15 PM EDT
Expired: May 10, 2013, 11:52 AM EDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clarke County, VA, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Shenandoah River at Millville (MILW2).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01636500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 7, 9:43 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 9:43 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 8:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 8:50 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 9:02 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 9:09 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 9:17 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 9:22 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 9:28 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 9:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Orange	3 hr
May 8, 3:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham	2 hr
May 8, 3:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Warren and 1 more	2 hr
May 8, 7:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah	12 hr
May 8, 7:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham	18 hr
May 8, 8:40 AM EDT	Flood Watch	LWX	Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 17 more	10 hr
May 8, 10:38 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah, Warren	3 hr
May 8, 11:04 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	23 hr
May 8, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Loudoun	29 min
May 8, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Rappahannock	24 min
May 8, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Frederick	26 min
May 8, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Warren	32 min
May 8, 3:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah	4 hr
May 8, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		89 min
May 8, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Warren	27 min
May 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	38 min
May 8, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Clarke	29 min
May 8, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	32 min
May 8, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Winchester	26 min
May 8, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester	35 min
May 8, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX		28 min
May 8, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Fairfax	25 min
May 8, 4:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Greene, Madison, Page, Rockingham	3 hr
May 8, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax	48 min
May 8, 7:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah	3 hr
May 7, 8:34 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel	10 hr
May 8, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Frederick	32 min
May 8, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	36 min
May 8, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Calvert	35 min
May 8, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	32 min
May 8, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Charles	37 min
May 8, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Baltimore	35 min
May 8, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore	36 min
May 8, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Prince George's	32 min
May 8, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	34 min
May 8, 4:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	City of Baltimore	3 hr
May 8, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Baltimore	24 min
May 8, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Washington	36 min
May 8, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Montgomery	33 min
May 7, 11:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Pendleton	3 hr
May 8, 11:22 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Hampshire	20 hr
May 8, 11:49 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	26 hr
May 8, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Morgan	34 min
May 8, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Morgan	24 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2013 River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.