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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 28, 2015Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2015, 2:56 PM EDT for Pendleton County, West 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 28, 2015, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 28, 10:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 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
Jul 27, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		83 min
Jul 27, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		96 min
Jul 28, 5:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	3 hr
Jul 28, 6:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Orange	3 hr
Jul 28, 6:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, City of Charlottesville	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Grant, Hardy	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2015 Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.