Alert archive / Virginia / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2021, 2:13 PM EDT for Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was in force for 7 hr. 3 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, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2021, 9:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 2:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Montross, VA | PEACH GROVE LANE CLOSED DUE TO THE DAM FAILURE AT CHANDLERS MILL POND. CAT POINT CREEK WILL THREATEN PEACH GROVE LANE. |
| Jun 11, 4:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Montross, VA | ROUTE 638 / CHINA HILL ROAD FLOODED FROM SNYDER RD TO NEWLAND RD. |
| Jun 11, 4:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Montross, VA | WATER RESCUE ON PEACH GROVE RD DUE TO FLOOD WATERS ON CAT POINT CREEK RESULTING FROM THE FAILURE OF CHANDLERS MILL POND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
124
WGUS51 KAKQ 111813
FFWAKQ
VAC159-193-120600-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0019.210611T1813Z-210612T0600Z/
/00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
213 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
A Dam Break on the Chandler Mill Run and Cat Point Creek below
Chandlers Mill Pond in...
Northwestern Richmond County in east central Virginia...
Westmoreland County in east central Virginia...
* Until 200 AM EDT Saturday.
* At 213 PM EDT, dam operators reported the failure of Chandlers
Mill Pond causing flash flooding downstream on the Chandler Mill
Run and Cat Point Creek.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding from the failure of
Chandlers Mill Pond.
SOURCE...Dam operator.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas downstream
from the Chandlers Mill Pond along the Chandler Mill
Run and Cat Point Creek.
* Residents along Chandler Mill Run and Route 622 at Cat Point Creek.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Cat Point Creek.
Flooding is occurring along the Chandler Mill Run and Cat Point
Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you are in low lying areas below the Chandlers Mill Pond you
should move to higher ground immediately.
&&
LAT...LON 3811 7685 3810 7683 3806 7683 3807 7687
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
DAM FAILURE...OCCURRING
$$
Zimmerman1 follow-up statement
956 WGUS71 KAKQ 120135 FFSAKQ Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Wakefield VA 935 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021 VAC159-193-120145- /O.CAN.KAKQ.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210612T0600Z/ /00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Richmond VA-Westmoreland VA- 935 PM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FAILURE OF CHANDLERS MILL POND ON THE CHANDLER MILL RUN AND CAT POINT CREEK IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN RICHMOND AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES... Flood waters have receded and Chandlers Mill Pond is no longer in danger of failure. LAT...LON 3811 7685 3810 7683 3806 7683 3807 7687 $$ JM
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, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | 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 |
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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.