1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 2:13 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA 950 PM ET TUE JUN 18 2002 UPDATED ZFP TO REMOVE PRECIP FROM ALL BUT WESTERN CTYS. ACTVTY DECREASING WITH NOCTURNAL COOLING. ADJUSTED CLOUD COVER. PREV AFD BLO 22 ******************************************************************* 313 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002 A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ALONG AND OFF THE SC AND NC COAST WILL LIFT VERY SLOWLY N AS A WARM FRONT TOMORROW AND THU. BEST CHANCE OF PCPN WILL BE ACROSS NE NC AND SE VA AS THIS AREA IS WHERE BEST OMEGA WILL BE LOCATED. UPPER RIDGE OVER WI EXTENDING N INTO CENTRAL CANADA WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT E AND WILL SHIFT S/W OFF THE COAST BY 12Z THU. BOUNDARY HANGING AROUND COAST THU WITH GOOD TO LIKELY CHANCES FOR SE VA AND NE NC CONTINUING. TEMPS...AVN AND ETA ARE NOT THAT DIFFERENT AND WHERE THEY ARE DIFFERENT WILL GO WITH WARMER VERSION AS THINK THERE WILL BE A GOOD BIT OF CLOUDS. EXTENDED...LATEST AVN QUITE DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS RUN WITH UPPER LOW OVER SE U.S. AND WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS...ESPECIALLY FOR NC PORTION. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE N PART OF CWA TUE BUT SINCE IT IS DAY 7 AND THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE SO WILL NOT INCLUDE IN ZFP. MARINE FCST...INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE SE CST AND HIGH PRES TO THE NORTH WILL MAINLAND AN SOUTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AVN INDICATES GRADIENT TIGHTENING BY THURSDAY AND WINDS INCREASING...THEN CONTINUING INTO SAT. NO FLAGS REQUIRED THROUGH WED NIGHT...HOWEVER POSSIBLE BY THUR. .AKQ... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. WS/RP
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 4 and 5 inches of rain fell within 2 hours. Many roads had high water due to the heavy rainfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, June 2002
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