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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 1, 2022Augusta County, Rockingham County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2022, 3:11 PM EDT for Augusta County, Rockingham County, Virginia. It was in force for 76 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2022, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2022, 4:27 PM EDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Augusta County, VA, Rockingham County, VA

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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 1, 2:40 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:40 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 1:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
132 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1242 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 WNW MARTINSBURG       39.47N  78.01W
07/01/2022                   BERKELEY           WV   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN IN THE 100 BLOCK OF LOST ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX2203999

CPB

Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
136 PM EDT FRI JUL 01 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1204 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW CROSS JUNCTION     39.31N  78.31W
07/01/2022                   FREDERICK          VA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREE DOWN ON LAKEVIEW DRIVE NEAR LAKE HOLIDAY.

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EVENT NUMBER LWX2204000

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 2:12 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 11:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	49 min
Jul 1, 12:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	49 min
Jul 1, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	48 min
Jul 1, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Shenandoah	19 min
Jul 1, 2:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	41 min
Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		115 min
Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, City of Winchester	40 min
Jul 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, City of Winchester	46 min
Jul 1, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Page, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg	27 min
Jul 1, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Rockingham	43 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham	65 min
Jul 1, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Loudoun	45 min
Jul 1, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren	34 min
Jul 1, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Loudoun	38 min
Jul 1, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William	44 min
Jul 1, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren	15 min
Jul 1, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick, Washington	47 min
Jul 1, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Frederick	23 min
Jul 1, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Carroll, Frederick	23 min
Jul 1, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery	32 min
Jul 1, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll	42 min
Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Howard	29 min
Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Harford	48 min
Jul 1, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Cecil, Harford	32 min
Jul 1, 11:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	31 min
Jul 1, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Mineral	51 min
Jul 1, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Hardy	27 min
Jul 1, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	25 min
Jul 1, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Grant, Hardy	22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.