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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 7, 201621 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood watch at Oct 7, 2016, 3:09 AM EDT for 21 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Oct 8, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2016, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 8, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 9, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Flood severity: None

All 34 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Oct 7, 1:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 1:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 4:15 PM EDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 11:01 AM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		17 hr
Oct 7, 3:52 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 30 more	52 hr
Oct 7, 4:33 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	71 hr
Oct 7, 9:15 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Bertie	6 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2016 Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2016 Flash Flood Watches in Maryland, 2016 Every flash flood watch in 2016

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.