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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 11, 2021Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Richmond County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2021, 12:52 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Richmond County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2021, 12:52 PM EDT (16:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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 was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 11, 1:06 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Somers, VA	VA 354 / RIVER ROAD FLOODED NEAR BELLE ISLE RD.
Jun 11, 1:07 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Nuttsville, VA	ROUTE 622 / MORATICCO ROAD FLOODED NEAR NUTTSVILLE RD.
Jun 11, 2:29 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sse Somers, VA	ROUTE 354 / RIVER RD FLOODED FROM BEWDLEY RD TO OLD AIRPORT RD.
Jun 11, 2:29 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Lively, VA	ROUTE 3 / MARY BALL RD FLOODED. STILL PASSABLE IN ONE LANE.
Jun 11, 2:29 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Nuttsville, VA	ROUTE 622 / MORATTICO RD FLOODED FROM PEIRCES RD TO NUTTSVILLE RD.
Jun 11, 2:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nne White Stone, VA	VA 3 / MARY BALL RD FLOODED FROM HARRIS RD TO OLD SALEM RD.
Jun 11, 2:35 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Kilmarnock, VA	MULTIPLE ROADS FLOODED AND CLOSED IN KILMARNOCK.
Jun 11, 3:10 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 E Callao, VA	WATER RESCUE FROM A VEHICLE STRANDED IN ABOUT 3 FT OF WATER JUST SOUTH OF CALLAO.
Jun 11, 3:10 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Brook Vale, VA	ROUTE 605 / ECHO POINT LAND AND PORTION OF VA 3 / MARY BELL RD FLOODED.
Jun 11, 3:30 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Mollusk, VA	WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING NEAR THE MOLLUSK AREA. ROUTE 354 IS COVERED WITH HIGH WATER AND DITCHES ARE OVERFLOWING IN MANY LOCATIONS.
Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Alfonso, VA	ROUTE 600 / LARA RD FLOODED FROM ALFONSO RD TO FIELD TRAIL RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

133 
WGUS51 KAKQ 111652
FFWAKQ
VAC103-133-159-112100-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0016.210611T1652Z-210611T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1252 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Richmond County in east central Virginia...
  Lancaster County in eastern Virginia...
  Northumberland County in eastern Virginia...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 1252 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 inches in 1 hour. 
  Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Kilmarnock, Fair Port, Robley, Lancaster, White Stone, Wicomico 
  Church, Heathsville, Morattico, Regina, Browns Store, Beanes 
  Corner, Brook Vale, Rehoboth Church, Howland, Alfonso, Lively, 
  Lara, Avalon, Christ Church and Nuttsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 3780 7668 3790 7657 3803 7652 3797 7641
      3795 7634 3789 7624 3789 7621 3782 7623
      3780 7625 3777 7625 3775 7628 3769 7627
      3767 7629 3765 7627 3760 7626 3761 7642
      3764 7647 3762 7650 3768 7656 3775 7660

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Zimmerman

2 follow-up statements

877 
WGUS71 KAKQ 111836
FFSAKQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
236 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

VAC103-133-159-112100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210611T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lancaster VA-Northumberland VA-Richmond VA-
236 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND, LANCASTER AND NORTHUMBERLAND 
COUNTIES...

At 236 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flash flooding across 
the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. The 
expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1 hour. Additional 
rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. 
Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Kilmarnock, Fair Port, Robley, Lancaster, White Stone, Wicomico 
  Church, Heathsville, Morattico, Regina, Browns Store, Beanes 
  Corner, Brook Vale, Rehoboth Church, Howland, Alfonso, Lively, 
  Lara, Avalon, Christ Church and Nuttsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

&&

LAT...LON 3780 7668 3790 7657 3803 7652 3797 7641
      3795 7634 3789 7624 3789 7621 3782 7623
      3780 7625 3777 7625 3775 7628 3769 7627
      3767 7629 3765 7627 3760 7626 3761 7642
      3764 7647 3762 7650 3768 7656 3775 7660

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Poche

027 
WGUS71 KAKQ 112056 RRB
FFSAKQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
456 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

VAC103-133-159-112106-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210611T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lancaster VA-Northumberland VA-Richmond VA-
456 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND, LANCASTER AND NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Please continue to heed remaining road 
closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for portions 
of central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia and 
north central Virginia.

LAT...LON 3780 7668 3790 7657 3803 7652 3797 7641
      3795 7634 3789 7624 3789 7621 3782 7623
      3780 7625 3777 7625 3775 7628 3769 7627
      3767 7629 3765 7627 3760 7626 3761 7642
      3764 7647 3762 7650 3768 7656 3775 7660

$$

Butner

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	3 hr
Jun 10, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	43 min
Jun 10, 8:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Surry	3 hr
Jun 10, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	47 min
Jun 10, 8:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	115 min
Jun 10, 8:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Hanover	3 hr
Jun 10, 9:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	90 min
Jun 10, 9:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Henrico	118 min
Jun 10, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	83 min
Jun 10, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan	70 min
Jun 11, 12:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Hanover	119 min
Jun 11, 1:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	60 min
Jun 11, 2:42 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		60 hr
Jun 11, 8:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	66 min
Jun 11, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 11, 10:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 11, 10:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Westmoreland	3 hr
Jun 11, 10:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex	48 min
Jun 11, 11:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	6 hr
Jun 11, 11:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	43 min
Jun 11, 12:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	5 hr
Jun 11, 12:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lancaster	114 min
Jun 11, 1:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Westmoreland	4 hr
Jun 11, 1:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	4 hr
Jun 11, 2:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	7 hr
Jun 11, 2:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond	3 hr
Jun 11, 3:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	3 hr
Jun 11, 3:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond	80 min
Jun 11, 3:22 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack	14 hr
Jun 11, 3:22 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northumberland, Westmoreland	15 hr
Jun 11, 3:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	110 min
Jun 11, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	40 min
Jun 11, 4:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	King and Queen, King William	119 min
Jun 11, 4:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	119 min
Jun 11, 4:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	115 min
Jun 11, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell	39 min
Jun 11, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex	49 min
Jun 11, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, New Kent	40 min
Jun 11, 4:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	4 hr
Jun 11, 4:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	113 min
Jun 11, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	4 hr
Jun 11, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	45 min
Jun 11, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	40 min
Jun 11, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, City of Williamsburg	49 min
Jun 11, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City	43 min
Jun 11, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Nottoway	116 min
Jun 11, 6:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, James City, New Kent, Prince George	3 hr
Jun 11, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	James City, Surry	30 min
Jun 11, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jun 11, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry	50 min
Jun 11, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		63 min
Jun 11, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Surry, Sussex	2 hr
Jun 11, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	48 min
Jun 11, 7:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton	2 hr
Jun 11, 7:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry	114 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.