Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2020

Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 9, 2020James City County, York County, City of Williamsburg, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2020, 11:09 AM EDT for James City County, York County, City of Williamsburg, 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: Sep 9, 2020, 11:09 AM EDT (15:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2020, 2:07 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties City of Williamsburg, VA, James City County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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.

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, 10:49 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 10:49 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 5:04 AM EDT, 6 hours 5 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 9:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Sep 9, 10:55 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Sep 9, 10:56 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Sep 9, 10:59 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Sep 9, 11:02 AM EDT, 7 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Sep 9, 11:08 AM EDT, 1 minute before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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, 5:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight	7 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, 11:11 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 Considerable damage threat	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

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2020 Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.