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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2014, 1:03 PM EDT for Rockingham County, Virginia; Hardy County, West Virginia. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 3, 2014, 1:03 PM EDT (17:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Rockingham County, VA, Hardy County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 Jul 3, 10:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 10:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 1:01 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 101 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 041515- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR- CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY- CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER- PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD- TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 101 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ST. MARY'S AND CALVERT COUNTIES AND THE WATERS ADJACENT TO THESE COUNTIES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SEE WBCFFALWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY AND LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WATERS FRIDAY...AND A GALE WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATERS DURING THIS TIME. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE WATERS FRIDAY EVENING...AND FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-041515- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 101 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY...PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL MARYLAND AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SEE WBCFFALWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IN EFFECT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:14 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1214 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 WVZ055-502-506-031645- EASTERN PENDLETON WV-HARDY WV-EASTERN GRANT WV- 1214 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT EASTERN PENDLETON...HARDY AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTIES... AT 1214 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILAM...STATIONARY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING...AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. REMAIN ALERT...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3898 7910 3891 7896 3865 7917 3876 7928 TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 180DEG 0KT 3865 7897 MANNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Page | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison, Orange | 40 min |
| Jul 2, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Orange, Spotsylvania | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 83 min | |
| Jul 2, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 93 min | |
| Jul 2, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 92 min | |
| Jul 2, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 95 min | |
| Jul 2, 10:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 90 min | |
| Jul 2, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 83 min | |
| Jul 2, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 94 min | |
| Jul 2, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 116 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 91 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 88 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 12:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 65 min | |
| Jul 3, 3:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 21 more | 26 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 40 hr | |
| Jul 3, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham, Shenandoah | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Greene, Madison | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Shenandoah | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Page, Shenandoah, Warren | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Warren, City of Winchester | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 2:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Waynesboro | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Loudoun | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, City of Charlottesville | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock, Stafford | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 83 min | |
| Jul 3, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 82 min | |
| Jul 3, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 89 min | |
| Jul 3, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 94 min | |
| Jul 3, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 93 min | |
| Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Rockingham | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, City of Baltimore | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Pendleton | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LWX | Pendleton | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Grant, Hardy, Pendleton | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral | 19 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.