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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 27, 201617 counties in Virginia; Grant County, Hardy County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood watch at Jun 27, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT for 17 counties in Virginia; Grant County, Hardy County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jun 27, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 27, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2016, 8:46 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Flood severity: None

Counties Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Grant County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 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 Jun 26, 9:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 9:26 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 9:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 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
Jun 26, 9:26 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		35 hr
Jun 27, 4:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, City of Waynesboro	4 hr
Jun 27, 4:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Staunton	4 hr
Jun 27, 4:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick, Shenandoah	4 hr
Jun 27, 4:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Waynesboro	4 hr
Jun 27, 6:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson	4 hr
Jun 27, 6:09 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		8 hr
Jun 27, 1:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Pendleton	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2016 Flash Flood Watches in West Virginia, 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.