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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2018, 5:53 AM EDT for Essex 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2018, 5:53 AM EDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Essex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 3, 5:45 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 5:45 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 333 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018 MDZ021>024-VAZ048-062-064-069-075>078-081>086-089-090-093-509>525- 040745- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Fluvanna-Goochland- Caroline-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster- Prince George-Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews- Surry-James City-Isle of Wight-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa- Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield- Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News- Hampton/Poquoson- 333 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ025-040745- Maryland Beaches- 333 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flash Flood Watch. High Rip Current Risk. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ060-061-065>068-079-080-087-088-092-095>098-040745- Prince Edward-Cumberland-Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia- Brunswick-Dinwiddie-Greensville-Sussex-Southampton- Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach- 333 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Locally heavy downpours are possible again today which could produce minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ099-040745- Accomack- 333 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Rip Current Risk. Locally heavy downpours are possible again today which could produce minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ100-040745- Northampton- 333 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Locally heavy downpours are possible again today which could produce minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-040745- Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck- Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans-Eastern Currituck- 333 AM EDT Sun Jun 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Locally heavy downpours are possible again today which could produce minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
241 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
VAZ078-083>085-518-520-030730-
New Kent-Middlesex-Eastern King William-Lancaster-Eastern King and
Queen-Gloucester-
241 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
NORTHERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN KING AND
QUEEN...MIDDLESEX...NORTHEASTERN NEW KENT...SOUTHEASTERN KING
WILLIAM AND SOUTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTIES...
At 240 AM EDT, showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain were
located along a line extending from near Hartfield to near West
Point. Movement was northwest at 15 mph.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with these shower and
storms.
Locations impacted include...
West Point, Urbanna, King And Queen Court House, Church View, Saluda,
Hartfield, Glenns, Little Plymouth, Shacklefords, Eltham, Mollusk,
Senora, Harmony Village, Bertrand, Grafton, Harcum, Cash, Cohoke,
Millenbeck and Rose Garden.
Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of these showers
and storms. Be prepared for rapid changes in weather and road
conditions. Heavy rain could cause ponding of water on roads...and
possible minor flooding of ditches and poor drainage areas.
LAT...LON 3753 7642 3745 7671 3749 7681 3756 7711
3764 7704 3774 7652
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 144DEG 13KT 3758 7650 3752 7686
ZimmermanSpecial weather statement, Jun 3, 3:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
327 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
VAZ081-083-512>516-518-030830-
Eastern Hanover-New Kent-Western Chesterfield-Western Henrico
(Including the City of Richmond)-Prince George-Eastern King
William-Eastern Henrico-Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col.
Heights)-
327 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
...Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall across central
Virginia...
At 324 AM EDT, a large area of showers with embedded thunderstorms
producing moderate to heavy rainfall was located over the city of
Richmond and Chesterfield County on south toward Petersburg, moving
southwest at 15 to 20 mph.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Virginia
Commonwealth University, Chester, Highland Springs, Downtown
Richmond, Bon Air, Virginia Union University, University Of Richmond,
Virginia State University, Mechanicsville, Fort Lee, Tuckahoe,
Bellwood, Tunstall, Laurel, Matoaca and Chesterfield Court House.
Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of this storm. Be
prepared for rapid changes in weather and road conditions. Heavy rain
could cause ponding of water on roads...and possible minor flooding
of ditches and poor drainage areas.
LAT...LON 3769 7747 3768 7746 3768 7744 3764 7742
3766 7738 3771 7738 3767 7718 3766 7719
3767 7715 3765 7705 3719 7740 3721 7745
3722 7745 3722 7749 3731 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 041DEG 45KT 3741 7749
44Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
338 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
VAZ076>078-085-522-030830-
Middlesex-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Eastern Essex-
338 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHEASTERN NORTHUMBERLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL
RICHMOND...LANCASTER AND SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTIES...
At 337 AM EDT, showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain were
located along a line extending from White Stone to Jamaica. Movement
was north at 10 mph.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with these showers
and storms.
Locations impacted include...
Kilmarnock, Urbanna, Lancaster, White Stone, Church View, Morattico,
Jamaica, Byrdton, Mollusk, Senora, Brook Vale, Nuttsville, Bertrand,
Belle Isle State Park, Millenbeck, Warner, Christ Church, Greys
Point, Rehoboth Church and Samos.
Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of these shower
and storms. Be prepared for rapid changes in weather and road
conditions. Heavy rain could cause ponding of water on roads...and
possible minor flooding of ditches and poor drainage areas.
LAT...LON 3784 7673 3782 7670 3783 7667 3782 7668
3780 7665 3780 7664 3782 7665 3782 7664
3780 7663 3782 7658 3777 7631 3759 7635
3764 7669 3766 7672 3769 7673 3771 7675
3785 7679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 174DEG 7KT 3764 7638 3770 7669
ZimmermanLocal storm report, Jun 3, 4:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
410 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 E PROVIDENCE FORGE 37.44N 77.03W
06/03/2018 NEW KENT VA 911 CALL CENTER
NEW KENT COUNTY REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
&&Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
438 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
VAZ076>078-085-520-522-030930-
Middlesex-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Eastern Essex-Eastern
King and Queen-
438 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN...NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX...CENTRAL
NORTHUMBERLAND... SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND...LANCASTER AND SOUTHEASTERN
ESSEX COUNTIES...
At 436 AM EDT, showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain were
located along a line extending from near Kilmarnock to near Robley
to near Center Cross to near King And Queen Court House. Movement
was northwest at 5 mph.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with these showers
and storms.
Locations impacted include...
Warsaw, Kilmarnock, Robley, King And Queen Court House, Lancaster,
White Stone, Center Cross, Dunnsville, Morattico, Sharps, Farnham,
Stevensville, Haynesville, Wicomico Church, Byrdton, Regina, Mollusk,
Upright, Brook Vale and Nuttsville.
Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of these showers
and storms. Be prepared for rapid changes in weather and road
conditions. Heavy rain could cause ponding of water on roads...and
possible minor flooding of ditches and poor drainage areas.
LAT...LON 3795 7653 3778 7634 3756 7626 3770 7653
3775 7658 3775 7669 3764 7678 3764 7686
3766 7688 3766 7690 3767 7691 3769 7692
3769 7694 3774 7700 3778 7694 3781 7694
3796 7680
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 156DEG 5KT 3769 7636 3782 7653 3781 7674 3769
7683
ZimmermanSpecial weather statement, Jun 3, 4:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
446 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
VAZ064-068-081>083-511>519-521-522-030945-
Western King and Queen-Western Henrico (Including the City of
Richmond)-Western Hanover-Eastern Essex-Eastern
Henrico-Caroline-Eastern Hanover-Charles City-New Kent-Western
Chesterfield-Western King William-Prince George-Eastern King
William-Western Essex-Amelia-Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col.
Heights)-
446 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2018
...Moderate to locally heavy rainfall across central Virginia...
At 443 AM EDT, showers with embedded thunderatorms producing
moderate to locally heavy rainfall continue to rotate around low
pressure centered across southeast Virginia early this morning. The
rain was moving west southwest at 20 mph.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to 1 inch are possible over
the next hour.
Locations impacted include...
Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Tappahannock,
Chester, Fort Lee, University Of Richmond, Saint Stephens Church,
Virginia State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Highland
Springs, Downtown Richmond, Bon Air, Virginia Union University,
Roxbury, Mechanicsville, Tuckahoe, Hanover and Prince George.
Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of this storm. Be
prepared for rapid changes in weather and road conditions. Heavy rain
could cause ponding of water on roads...and possible minor flooding
of ditches and poor drainage areas.
LAT...LON 3726 7785 3797 7725 3792 7685 3773 7701
3719 7723 3721 7745 3722 7746 3723 7756
3727 7761 3727 7765 3724 7767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 044DEG 36KT 3765 7718
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, Henrico, King William | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 12:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 1:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 2:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Middlesex | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 3:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg, City of Richmond | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 3:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lancaster | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 4:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King and Queen, Lancaster, Richmond | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, King William, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Richmond | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 5:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent | 12 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Westmoreland | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 7:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 12 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:55 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Worcester | 20 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 48 min |
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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.