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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 7, 20175 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 7, 2017, 3:32 AM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Aug 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2017, 3:32 AM EDT (07:32 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 7, 2017, 9:37 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Flood severity: None

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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 Aug 6, 9:13 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 9:13 PM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:44 PM EDT, 11 hours 48 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
Aug 7, 7:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	61 min
Aug 7, 8:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	38 min
Aug 7, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Aug 7, 11:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	44 min
Aug 7, 11:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		60 min
Aug 7, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		49 min
Aug 7, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	45 min
Aug 7, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		54 min
Aug 7, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		97 min
Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	36 min
Aug 7, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		71 min
Aug 7, 3:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Accomack	21 min
Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	41 min
Aug 7, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	37 min
Aug 7, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		45 min
Aug 7, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		72 min
Aug 7, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	53 min
Aug 7, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	50 min
Aug 7, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	44 min
Aug 7, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Aug 7, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	30 min
Aug 7, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	38 min
Aug 7, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	37 min
Aug 7, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		81 min
Aug 7, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		53 min
Aug 7, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	29 min
Aug 7, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Pasquotank	46 min
Aug 7, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	39 min
Aug 7, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford	43 min
Aug 7, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	42 min
Aug 7, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	48 min
Aug 7, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	50 min
Aug 7, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	50 min
Aug 7, 1:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	61 min
Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico	3 hr
Aug 7, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Wicomico	53 min
Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	43 min
Aug 7, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	50 min
Aug 7, 4:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	3 hr
Aug 7, 4:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	36 min
Aug 7, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Worcester	3 hr
Aug 7, 6:03 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	13 hr
Aug 7, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	47 min
Aug 7, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	38 min
Aug 7, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	33 min
Aug 7, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	30 min
Aug 7, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Virginia, 2017 Flash Flood Watches in Maryland, 2017 Every flash flood watch in 2017

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.