Isolated thunderstorm produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions of Newport News.
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Isolated thunderstorm produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding across portions of Newport News.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 14, 9:08 AM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1008 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTH AND DISSIPATE OVER THE WEEKEND...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... UPDATED POPS AND SKY TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THIS MORNING...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN NECK AND PENINSULAS WHERE SLOW MOVING ACTIVITY DEVELOPED ALONG OLD CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES/DEBRIS. EXPECT ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES AND WITH ADDITIONAL BOUNDARIES FORMING AND PROPAGATING. GREATEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE OVER SE VA/NE NC WHERE PWATS CLOSE TO 2 INCHES EXIST. THOSE AREAS THAT DO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A 3 HR PERIOD...AND AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THESE THREATS IN THE HWO. HIGHS IN THE MID/UPR 80S INLAND AND LOW 80S NEAR THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/... PLENTY OF CLOUDS HOLD ON OVERNIGHT NEAR THE COAST WITH SOME BREAKS ANTICIPATED FURTHER INLAND. LOOK FOR CHCS OF SHRA AND ISOL TSRA NEAR THE COAST (MAINLY ERN THIRD OF THE CWA). WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION POTENTIAL FOR MOD/HVY RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST...BUT ONCE AGAIN LOOKS TO BE VERY HIT AND MISS. POPS GRADUALLY DROPPING OFF FROM NW TO SE ON SAT AS FRONT BEGINS TO DISSIPATE AND H5 TROF WEAKENS...YIELDING TO A H5 (BERMUDA) RIDGE...WHICH WILL RETURN FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND. HIGHS GENERALLY AROUND CLIMO NORMAL FOR FRI & SAT IN THE LOW 80S ALONG THE COAST AND MID/UPR 80S INLAND. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... LATEST 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS/ECMWF CONTINUE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TREND IS FOR A DRIER PERIOD OVERALL...MID/UPR LVL RIDGING EXPANDS NW FROM OFF THE SE US COAST...AND SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OFF THE MID ATLC COAST. WILL CARRY A CLIMO TYPE FCST FOR SUNDAY...20-30% CHC FOR JUST AFTN/EVENG SHOWERS/TSTMS (AND MAY BE ABLE TO TREND THIS DOWN TO LESS THAN 20% IF MORE CONSENSUS FOR DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH COMES W/ NEXT SUITE OF MODEL RUNS). HIGH TEMPS MAINLY MID/UPR 80S. MON INTO THU...PATTERN LOOKS DOMINATED BY RIDGING ALONG THE SE US AND GULF COASTS...WITH A TROUGH/UPR LOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL CANADA OR POSSIBLY THE UPR MIDWEST. OTHER THAN ISO (15-20%) LATE AFTN/EARLY EVENG TSTMS...CONDITIONS SHOULD BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S OVER MUCH OF INTERIOR VA/NC...AND 85-90 NEAR THE COAST. LOWS MAINLY IN MID/UPR 60S TO LOWER 70S. BY THU...GFS/ECMWF SHOW THE RIDGE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AND CHANCES FOR PRECIP GET A LITTLE HIGHER BY THU AFTN WITH THE ADDED FOCUS OF AN APPROACHING FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NW. && .AVIATION /13Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE BIGGEST CONCERN TO START ARE LOWERING VISIBILITIES AT SOME TAF SITES. FOR NOW HAVE ONLY SBY MAKING IT TO IFR. FOR LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT NEXT CONCERN WL BE DEVELOPING SHRA/TSRA...PARTICULARLY THOSE SITES CLOSEST TO THE BOUNDARY (ORF-PHF-ECG). WITH HIGH PRESSURE THE MAIN WX INFLUENCE DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL BUT VCNTY SHOWERS FOR RIC-SBY NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION BUT LESS LIKELY THERE TODAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND. && .MARINE... CURRENT FCST IS HOLDING UP WELL...NO FLAGS ANTICIPATED WITH THIS FCST PACKAGE. WINDS AT PRESENT ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THIS WAY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS HAVE COME DOWN OVER THE NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS...HOWEVER BUOY 009 STILL BETWEEN 3 AND 4 FEET IN SWELL. THIS WL LIKELY SUSTAIN THROUGHOUT THE BETTER PART OF THE DAY BUT SHOULD STAY BELOW SCA CRITERIA. OTHERWISE SHOULD BE A RELATIVELY QUIET MARINE FCST FOR THE THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WAVE-WATCH DOES SHOW SEAS BUILDING THIS WEEKEND FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...LIKELY DUE TO WAVES RIDING UP ALONG THE STALL FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AT THIS TIME WILL STICK WITH CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CCW/JRL NEAR TERM...CCW/JRL SHORT TERM...CCW/SMF LONG TERM...LKB AVIATION...KLL MARINE...KLL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ092-093-095>098-151600- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW HOURS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND RECORDED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-151600- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ079>083-087>090-099-100-151600- BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE- SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND RECORDED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. VAZ077-078-084>086-091-094-151600- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-YORK- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY THIS MORNING. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW HOURS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND RECORDED RAINFALL AMOUNTS. MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>076-151600- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- 1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 NCZ014>017-031-032-102-VAZ095-097-098-141630- CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-CHOWAN NC-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-GATES NC-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...SCATTERED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1127 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SCATTERED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM BACK BAY TO BELVIDERE...OR FROM 11 MILES EAST OF GREAT BRIDGE TO WINFALL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THE HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MAVATON AROUND 1135 AM EDT... CISCO AROUND 1140 AM EDT... PUNGO AROUND 1145 AM EDT... WHITESTON AROUND 1150 AM EDT... WHITESTON AROUND 1155 AM EDT... ROCKYHOCK AROUND NOON EDT... RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1135 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 VAZ084-091>094-141630- GLOUCESTER VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-YORK VA- 1135 AM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DRIFT OVER SOUTHAMPTON AND ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND OVER THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA... AT 1133 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...FROM LANGLEY AFB TO SEDLEY...OR FROM LANGLEY AFB TO 7 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LANGLEY AFB AROUND 1140 AM EDT... NORTHAMPTON AROUND 1150 AM EDT... HAMPTON AROUND 1220 PM EDT... BUCKROE BEACH AROUND 1225 PM EDT... RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. LEWITSKY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1220 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 NCZ014>017-031-032-102-141830- GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA 1220 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 1220 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA FROM GATES COUNTY TO CURRITUCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. ADDITIONALLY STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS REGION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR IN AREAS WHERE WATER MAY COVER THE ROADS. IF YOU ENCOUNTERED FLOODED AREAS...TURN AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. FOSTER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1230 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 VAZ081-084-087>098-141830- PRINCE GEORGE-GLOUCESTER-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON 1230 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... AT 1225 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK...PENINSULA...AND HAMPTON ROADS. THESE STORMS WERE SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. URBAN STREETS MAY BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO PONDING WATER FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR IN AREAS WHERE WATER MAY COVER THE ROADS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FLOODED AREAS...TURN AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. FOSTER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 129 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 NCZ012-VAZ079-080-087-092-141830- BRUNSWICK VA-DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-NORTHAMPTON NC-SOUTHAMPTON VA- 129 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH AREAS NEAR THE VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA BORDER... AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM DAHLIA TO 16 MILES EAST OF CLARESVILLE...OR FROM DAHLIA TO BOYKINS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG STORMS WILL BE NEAR BARLEY AROUND 210 PM EDT... GASTON AROUND 220 PM EDT... OTHER AREAS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE...EMPORIA...WARFIELD...BRUNSWICK...AND LAWRENCEVILLE. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS...LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. BROWN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 235 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 NCZ012>017-030>032-142045- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON 235 PM EDT FRI AUG 14 2009 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 230 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS DETECTING NUMEROUS STRONG SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...FROM NORTHAMPTON COUNTY EASTWARD TO CURRITUCK. THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND HAVE INCREASED IN COVERAGE OVER THE PAST HOUR. LOCATIONS THAT MY BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ELIZABETH CITY...SOUTH MILLS...SUNBURY...GATES...CORAPEAKE...MURFREESBORO AND AHOSKIE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. URBAN STREETS MAY BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO PONDING WATER FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER MAY COVER THE ROADS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED AREAS...TURN AROUND AND TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. FOSTER
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to six inches of water was reported on I-64 Exit 255 off-ramp onto Jefferson Avenue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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