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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 15, 2022Chowan County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2022, 8:14 PM EDT for Chowan County, North Carolina. 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: Jul 15, 2022, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2022, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Chowan County, NC

The radar

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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 Jul 15, 3:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 4:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:22 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:23 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 15, 7:43 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	26 min
Jul 16, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	27 min
Jul 16, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	31 min
Jul 16, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	28 min
Jul 16, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	23 min
Jul 16, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	31 min
Jul 16, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	25 min
Jul 16, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	47 min
Jul 16, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	24 min
Jul 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway	26 min
Jul 16, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland	42 min
Jul 16, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway	48 min
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa	31 min
Jul 16, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	42 min
Jul 16, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Prince Edward	2 hr
Jul 16, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	32 min
Jul 16, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	46 min
Jul 16, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Petersburg	47 min
Jul 16, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	65 min
Jul 16, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland	44 min
Jul 16, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia	41 min
Jul 16, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex	28 min
Jul 16, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Caroline	2 hr
Jul 16, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia	44 min
Jul 16, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	38 min
Jul 16, 4:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	34 min
Jul 16, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	43 min
Jul 16, 4:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	46 min
Jul 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	24 min
Jul 16, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min
Jul 16, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Jul 16, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 16, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		39 min
Jul 16, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 15, 8:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie	2 hr
Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford, Northampton	45 min
Jul 16, 7:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	2 hr
Jul 16, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	41 min
Jul 16, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	51 min
Jul 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	25 min
Jul 16, 7:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Wicomico	13 min
Jul 16, 7:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Wicomico	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.