Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2016, 4:52 PM EDT for King George 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2016, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County King George County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
339
WGUS51 KLWX 292052
FFWLWX
VAC099-300000-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FF.W.0013.160529T2052Z-160530T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
452 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN KING GEORGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 449 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS
THE AREA. AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES NEAR THE TOWN OF KING GEORGE
INDICATE IN EXCESS OF TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH ARE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KING GEORGE...DAHLGREN...FAIRVIEW BEACH...PASSAPATANZY...JERSEY...
BERTHAVILLE...SHILOH...DOGUE...WEEDONVILLE AND LAMBS CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3817 7718 3820 7722 3819 7725 3823 7725
3824 7722 3825 7727 3822 7729 3824 7729
3823 7731 3825 7733 3834 7732 3833 7724
3834 7717 3837 7712 3837 7709 3839 7705
3816 7709
$$
ADS2 follow-up statements
872
WGUS71 KLWX 292234
FFSLWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
634 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
VAC099-300000-
/O.CON.KLWX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160530T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KING GEORGE VA-
634 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL KING GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 628 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS
MOVED OUT THE AREA...BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN PERSISTS. AUTOMATED
RAIN GAUGES INDICATE 2 TO 3.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 330
PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 800 PM SHOULD BE LESS THAN
ONE INCH.
THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTS HIGH WATER NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 301 AND SALEM CHURCH ROAD. THE CONTINUED
RAIN MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO CONTINUE TO RISE...LEADING TO
FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KING GEORGE...DAHLGREN...FAIRVIEW BEACH...JERSEY...BERTHAVILLE...DOGUE...
WEEDONVILLE AND LAMBS CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3817 7718 3820 7722 3819 7725 3823 7725
3824 7722 3825 7727 3822 7729 3824 7729
3823 7731 3824 7731 3833 7729 3833 7724
3834 7717 3837 7712 3837 7709 3829 7707
3822 7712 3816 7712
$$
ADS967
WGUS71 KLWX 292358
FFSLWX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
758 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
VAC099-300004-
/O.EXP.KLWX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160530T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KING GEORGE VA-
758 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL KING GEORGE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THERE ARE SEVERAL REPORTS OF HIGH STANDING
WATER IN CENTRAL KING GEORGE COUNTY...SO BE ALERT FOR HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ROAD CLOSURES.
PLEASE REMAIN ALERT AS ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM
MONDAY.
LAT...LON 3817 7718 3820 7722 3819 7725 3823 7725
3824 7722 3825 7727 3822 7729 3824 7729
3823 7731 3824 7731 3833 7729 3833 7724
3834 7717 3837 7712 3837 7709 3829 7707
3822 7712 3816 7712
$$
ADSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LWX | King George | 8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.