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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2021, 7:49 PM EDT for 8 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2021, 1:42 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Prince George County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Chester, VA | REPORTS OF STRANDED VEHICLES IN HIGH WATER ON WEST HUNDRED RD AND JEFF DAVIS HIGHWAY. ONE WATER RESCUE PERFORMED. |
| Jul 8, 8:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wsw Chester, VA | CAR STRANDED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw New Bohemia, VA | WATER OVER RIVES ROAD. |
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Petersburg National, VA | NEARLY 70% OF ALL ROADS IN PETERSBURG CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT THE HEIGHT OF THE EVENT. |
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Chester, VA | OSBORNE RD AT OLD STAGE RD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bellwood, VA | CHESTER RD AT PERRYMONT RD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Colonial Heights, VA | WATER COVERING INTERSECTION OF WOODS EDGE AND RUFFIN MILL ROAD. |
| Jul 8, 9:11 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Matoaca, VA | BOYDTON PLANK RD AT FRANKLIN ST CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
925
WGUS51 KAKQ 082349
FFWAKQ
VAC036-041-053-087-149-570-670-730-090600-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0030.210708T2349Z-210709T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
749 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Chesterfield County in central Virginia...
Southeastern Henrico County in central Virginia...
The City of Colonial Heights in central Virginia...
West Central Charles City County in east central Virginia...
Dinwiddie County in south central Virginia...
Western Prince George County in south central Virginia...
The City of Hopewell in south central Virginia...
The City of Petersburg in south central Virginia...
* Until 200 AM EDT Friday.
* At 749 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain falling across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Richmond, Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Colonial Heights,
McKenney, Virginia State University, Fort Lee, Chester,
Disputanta, Prince George, Matoaca, Sutherland, Ettrick, Carson,
Chesterfield Court House, Dewitt, Bellwood, Bensley and
Chesterfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3704 7789 3721 7772 3724 7766 3726 7765
3728 7766 3746 7748 3741 7721 3731 7725
3709 7721 3699 7740 3697 7775 3700 7783
3699 7789
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
JM1 follow-up statement
923
WGUS71 KAKQ 090542
FFSAKQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
142 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
VAC036-041-053-087-149-570-670-730-090552-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210709T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Charles City VA-Chesterfield VA-Dinwiddie VA-Henrico VA-Prince
George VA-City of Colonial Heights VA-City of Hopewell VA-City of
Petersburg VA-
142 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD,
SOUTHEASTERN HENRICO, WEST CENTRAL CHARLES CITY, DINWIDDIE AND
WESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS, THE
CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3704 7789 3721 7772 3724 7766 3726 7765
3728 7766 3746 7748 3741 7721 3731 7725
3709 7721 3699 7740 3697 7775 3700 7783
3699 7789
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:21 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 8 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:31 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 26 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk | 14 min |
| Jul 8, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 11 min | |
| Jul 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 6:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 7:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 9 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 36 min | |
| Jul 8, 7:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, James City and 8 more | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.