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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 26, 2024Albemarle County, Nelson County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2024, 12:41 AM EDT for Albemarle County, 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
Sep 26, 2024, 12:41 AM EDT (04:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2024, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Albemarle County, VA, Nelson County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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 Sep 25, 9:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 9:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 9:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 12:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Charlottesville12 hr
Sep 26, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXAlbemarle, City of Charlottesville26 min
Sep 26, 2:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle3 hr
Sep 26, 2:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXGreene, Madison11 hr
Sep 26, 2:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXGreene, Madison3 hr
Sep 26, 2:56 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX48 hr
Sep 26, 3:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAugusta, Page, Rockingham, City of Waynesboro6 hr
Sep 26, 4:07 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Rappahannock5 hr
Sep 26, 4:18 AM EDTFlood WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more39 hr
Sep 26, 4:25 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXKing George23 hr
Sep 26, 12:04 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Greene, Orange, City of Charlottesville6 hr
Sep 26, 12:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania9 hr
Sep 26, 1:43 PM EDTWind AdvisoryLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 8 more31 hr
Sep 26, 3:53 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXArlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church8 days
Sep 26, 4:25 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchLWXAnne Arundel33 hr
Sep 26, 7:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's91 min
Sep 26, 8:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore87 min
Sep 26, 9:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Prince George's84 min
Sep 26, 9:52 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore44 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.