Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2020

Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 8, 2020Augusta County, City of Staunton, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2020, 9:40 PM EDT for Augusta County, City of Staunton, Virginia. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2020, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2020, 11:37 PM EDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Augusta County, VA, City of Staunton, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 8, 2:53 PM EDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:53 PM EDT, 6 hours 47 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, Aug 8, 5:13 AM EDT, 16 hours 27 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>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, City of Staunton	9 hr
Aug 8, 9:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta	8 hr
Aug 8, 10:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle	3 hr
Aug 8, 11:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta	6 hr
Aug 9, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		41 min

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.