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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 14, 201427 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood watch at May 14, 2014, 2:30 PM EDT for 27 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at May 15, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2014, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2014, 10:23 AM EDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Flood severity: None

All 44 counties

Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Washington County, MD, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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 watch 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 watch went out at May 14, 10:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 10:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 1:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 12:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1234 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

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

0630 PM     HAIL             GERRARDSTOWN            39.37N  78.09W
05/13/2014  E0.88 INCH       BERKELEY           WV   PUBLIC

            ALSO SMALL BRANCHES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400206

AEB

Local storm report, May 14, 1:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
141 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

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

0630 PM     HAIL             1 SW GERRARDSTOWN       39.36N  78.11W
05/13/2014  E1.00 INCH       BERKELEY           WV   PUBLIC

            LOTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1400207

AEB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		2 hr
May 13, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Stafford	51 min
May 14, 4:28 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		48 hr
May 14, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Allegany	52 min
May 14, 3:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Grant	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in Maryland, 2014 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 2014 Every flash flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.