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Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 21, 2022Nelson County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2022, 11:57 AM EDT for Nelson County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 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
Aug 21, 2022, 11:57 AM EDT (15:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2022, 3:49 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Nelson County, VA

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 21, 9:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 9:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 11:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAugusta, City of Waynesboro5 hr
Aug 21, 11:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson5 hr
Aug 21, 11:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXNelson5 hr
Aug 21, 12:05 PM EDTFlood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 9 more6 hr
Aug 21, 12:27 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville4 hr
Aug 21, 3:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Nelson4 hr
Aug 21, 3:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXNelson4 hr
Aug 21, 3:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXNelson4 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.