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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2020, 5:57 AM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Virginia. It was in force for 7 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
- Sep 9, 2020, 5:57 AM EDT (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2020, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Isle of Wight County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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 Sep 9, 5:40 AM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 5:40 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 5:04 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 504 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2020 MDZ021>024-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093- 095>097-509>525-100915- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Northampton-Hertford- Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans- Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg- Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond- Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-Dinwiddie-Prince George- Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville- Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth- Suffolk-Chesapeake-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- 504 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered to numerous showers and isolated mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected today. Locally heavy rainfall from the showers and storms could result in a few instances of urban or poor drainage flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected each day through at least the end of the week. Locally heavy rainfall from the showers and storms could result in a few instances of urban or poor drainage flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ102-VAZ098-100915- Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach- 504 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina 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. Beach Hazards Statement. Scattered to numerous showers and isolated mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected today. Locally heavy rainfall from the showers and storms could result in a few instances of urban or poor drainage flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected each day through at least the end of the week. Locally heavy rainfall from the showers and storms could result in a few instances of urban or poor drainage flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ025-VAZ099-100-100915- Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 504 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2020 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, eastern 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. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. Scattered to numerous showers and isolated mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected today. Locally heavy rainfall from the showers and storms could result in a few instances of urban or poor drainage flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected each day through at least the end of the week. Locally heavy rainfall from the showers and storms could result in a few instances of urban or poor drainage flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:41 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 46 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 24 hr | |
| Sep 9, 7:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | James City, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 8:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | James City, York, City of Newport News | 119 min |
| Sep 9, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 61 min |
| Sep 9, 9:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 119 min |
| Sep 9, 10:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Southampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | James City, York, City of Williamsburg | 113 min |
| Sep 9, 2:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 33 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 3:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Surry, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Southampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 12 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 2:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 3 hr |
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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.