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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 18, 2024Hertford County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2024, 4:53 PM EDT for Hertford 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 18, 2024, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2024, 7:50 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Hertford 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 18, 4:14 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 4:14 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 3:56 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:00 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:02 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:03 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:11 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:27 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 4:36 PM EDT, 17 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 17, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen, King William, Northumberland, Richmond	45 min
Jul 17, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	49 min
Jul 17, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 17, 9:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 17, 10:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 18, 3:54 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia, City of Virginia Beach	18 hr
Jul 18, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	49 min
Jul 18, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	40 min
Jul 18, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway	42 min
Jul 18, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia	42 min
Jul 18, 2:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick	2 hr
Jul 18, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	51 min
Jul 18, 3:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	2 hr
Jul 18, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		58 min
Jul 18, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	53 min
Jul 18, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, City of Petersburg	45 min
Jul 18, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	41 min
Jul 18, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	49 min
Jul 18, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	41 min
Jul 18, 5:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	4 hr
Jul 18, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		80 min
Jul 18, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	41 min
Jul 18, 5:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	4 hr
Jul 18, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	51 min
Jul 18, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	39 min
Jul 18, 6:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	3 hr
Jul 17, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	81 min
Jul 17, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	40 min
Jul 18, 12:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Worcester	3 hr
Jul 18, 1:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Worcester	114 min
Jul 18, 2:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Worcester	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.