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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 13, 2015Fauquier County, Rappahannock County, Warren County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2015, 6:44 AM EDT for Fauquier County, Rappahannock County, Warren County, Virginia. It was in force for 3 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 13, 2015, 6:44 AM EDT (10:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2015, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Fauquier County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Warren County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 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 13, 4:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 4:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 5:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXPage, Shenandoah, Warren6 hr
Jul 13, 9:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Warren12 hr
Jul 13, 10:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCulpeper3 hr
Jul 13, 11:27 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXPage, Shenandoah, Warren19 hr
Jul 13, 11:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Orange3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.