Flooding of roadways continued over portions of Virginia Beach for a few hours after heavy rainfall ended.
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Flooding of roadways continued over portions of Virginia Beach for a few hours after heavy rainfall ended.
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 Sep 28, 5:57 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 657 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...THEN PUSH OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE FRIDAY...USHERING IN MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... LTST DATA HAS BEST SPRT FOR CONVECTION E OF I95 CORRIDOR TONIGHT AS S/W MOVES NE AHEAD OF SLOW MOVG CDFRNT. DESPITE LESS INSTAB...WILL KEEP CHC POPS GOING W OF I95 CORRIDOR THIS EVE DUE TO LL MSTR CNVRGNCE AS WELL AS NMRS OUTFLOW BNDRYS NOW FORMING FROM ONGOING CONVECTION. AIRMASS REMAINS TRPLCL...SO LIKE LAST NITE...CONVECTION MAY LAST WELL AFTR SS. SPRT FOR POPS SHIFTS NE AFTR MIDNITE...SO WILL HAVE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS LWR MD ERN SHORE AFTR 06Z. DRYER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER INTO WRN CNTYS LATE...SO HAVE ENDED PCPN ACROSS WRN CNTYS AFTR MIDNITE. LOWS IN THE 60S TO NR 70. SEE CLIMATE SECTION (BLO) TO FOR RICHMOND PCPNS STATUS FOR SEPT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/... SLOW MOVING CDFRNT FINALLY REACHES THE COAST LATE THURS AM THEN PUSHES OFF THE COAST DURING THE AFTRN. THE UPPER LOW FINALLY GETS A KICK EAST BY ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH DIVING SOUTH OUT OF SOUTHERN CANADA. AS IT DOES SO...OPENS UP AND TAKES ON A NEGATIVE TILT AS IT LIFTS NE THROUGH THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC/ NORTHEAST THURS. THIS SCENARIO KEEPS ENUF MSTR/LIFT ACROSS EASTERN CNTYS FOR SCT AFTRN TSTRMS. HIGHEST POPS ACROSS ERN SHORE WHERE BEST MSTR SOURCE. ENUF DRY AIR ACROSS WRN CNTYS BEHIND CDFRNT (W OF I95) TO PREVENT ANY PCPN. STILL WRM WITH HIGHS 80-85. DRY AIR OVRSPRDS RGN THURS NIGHT WITH CLEARING SKIES / FALLING DP TMPS. THIS LEADS TO MORE COMFORTABLE CNDTNS WITH LOWS IN THE M50S- L60S. SEASONABLY WARM WX IS EXPECTED OUT AHEAD OF THE NEXT SGNFCNT CDFRNT FRI. MODELS TRENDING TOWARD SOME MSTR ACCOMPANYING THE FRNT ACROSS ERN MOST CNTYS AFTR 18Z. THUS...ADDED A SLGHT CHC SHWR WITH THE ACTUAL FROPA...THOUGH THE MSTR MAY BE MORE CLOUD COVERAGE THAN PCPN. ENUF HEATING BEFORE FROPA FOR MAX TEMPS BTWN 75-80. M CLR TO PT CLDY AND COOL FRI NITE AS CAA SETS IN. LOWS M40S NWRN CNTYS TO M50S SERN CSTL AREAS. MODELS DIFFER...BUT LTST TRENDS IS FOR THE UPR LVL LOW TO DRIFT S ACROSS THE NRN MID ATLNTC STATES ERLY THIS WEEKEND. QSTN OF JUST HOW FAR IT ACTUALLY GETS WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE AMT OF SUN. FRO NOW...KEPT SAT DRY BUT BUMPED UP CLOUD COVERAGE IN SKY GRIDS TO MAKE SKIES PT TO M CLDY ACROSS NRN CNTYS...PT TO M SUNNY ACROSS THE S. HIGH IN THE 60S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A STRONG TROUGH DIGS AND SETTLES OVER THE EAST COAST LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND SLOWLY MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING THROUGH MIDWEEK. MOST OF THE PERIOD SHOULD BE DRY...ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW CENTER. HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S...FOLLOWED BY A TREND BACK INTO THE 70S THROUGH MIDWEEK. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE LOW TO MID 40S NW TO LOW 50S SE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING. IF ENOUGH DECOUPLING OCCURS SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING A FEW FAVORED COOL SPOTS IN THE INTERIOR COASTAL PLAIN AND PIEDMONT COULD FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S. A SLIGHT MODIFICATION IN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH MIDWEEK...BUT MORNING SHOULD REMAIN COOL WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CEILINGS OCCASIONALLY LOWERED INTO THE MVFR/IFR RANGE AT THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 12 AND 18Z. CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MAINLY VFR DURING THE AFTN BUT CONVECTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTN. ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING. SOME FOG AND STRATUS IS PSBL BUT MOS FCSTS ARE NOT AS BULLISH AS THEY WERE 24 HOURS AGO. FOR NOW...TOOK SBY DOWN TO IFR AND RIC TO MVFR. CONDITIONS IMPROVE BY LATE MRNG THURSDAY. OUTLOOK...SCT TS WILL AGAIN BE PSBL THURSDAY AFTN MAINLY OVER ERN PORTIONS. MAINLY VFR/DRY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN FRIDAY. && .MARINE... A S WIND WILL PROGRESSIVELY BECOME MORE SW INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. LATEST FORECAST WIND SPEEDS ARE BELOW SCA. HOWEVER...DRIER AIR DOES ADVECT IN AND THIS COULD ALLOW FOR ENOUGH MIXING FOR GUSTS TO APPROACH MARGINAL SCA OVER THE BAY AND SOUND THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY AND MOVES ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC COAST FRIDAY NIGHT. DECENT CAA BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN GOOD LOW LEVEL MIXING OVER WARM WATER WITH EVENTUAL SCA FLAGS LIKELY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. INCREASED SEAS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE WEEKEND WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED CAA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... TIDAL DEPARTURES OF 1/2 TO 1 FT ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED WITH NEW MOON. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL BAY (LEWISETTA VA/CAMBRIDGE MD) WITH A PERSISTENT S WIND...AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SHORE (MAINLY OCEAN CITY) FOR LEVELS POSSIBLY APPROACHING MINOR FLOODING. && .CLIMATE... SEPTEMBER 2011 NOW RANKS AS THE 9TH WETTEST ON RECORD AT RICHMOND (THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING 9/28). AT NORFOLK PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN WELL ABOVE AVG...BUT STILL WELL BELOW AT 10TH WETTEST RANKING. THE WETTEST SEPTEMBERS AT RICHMOND (DATA BACK THROUGH 1871): 1) 16.60" (1999) 2) 10.98" (1975) 3) 10.41" (1888) 4) 10.12" (2003) 5) 9.76" (1979) 6) 9.58 (1924) 7) 9.52" (2006) 8) 9.23" (1935) 9) 8.92" (2011/THROUGH 8 AM 9/28) && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MPR NEAR TERM...MPR/MAS SHORT TERM...MPR LONG TERM...AJZ AVIATION...LSA MARINE...AJZ TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... CLIMATE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 345 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 MDZ021>025-NCZ012-VAZ048-049-060>090-092-099-100-291945- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- NORTHAMPTON NC-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND- HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN- CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND- RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE- SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 345 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ARE A POSSIBILITY. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ANZ630>634-650-652-654-656-658-291945- 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 LITTLE CREEK VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL- 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- 345 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ013>017-030>032-102-VAZ091-093>098-291945- HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-YORK-ISLE OF WIGHT- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- VIRGINIA BEACH- 345 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
647 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD 9 W VIRGINIA BEACH 36.85N 76.14W
09/28/2011 CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA BROADCAST MEDIA
STREET FLOODING ON JEANNE ST...CARS UNDER WATER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1100200
SCALORAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
707 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0228 PM HAIL WINDSOR 36.81N 76.74W
09/28/2011 M1.00 INCH ISLE OF WIGHT VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0323 PM HAIL 1 NW BELLEVILLE 36.87N 76.44W
09/28/2011 E2.75 INCH CITY OF SUFFOLK VA TRAINED SPOTTER
0609 PM HAIL BAYLAKE BEACH 36.91N 76.11W
09/28/2011 E0.88 INCH CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA PUBLIC
0610 PM HAIL BAYLAKE BEACH 36.91N 76.11W
09/28/2011 M0.88 INCH CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA PUBLIC
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD THOROUGHGOOD 36.89N 76.13W
09/28/2011 CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING IN THE THOROUGHGOOD AND CHICKS BEACH
AREAS OF VIRGINIA BEACH.
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD 9 W VIRGINIA BEACH 36.85N 76.14W
09/28/2011 CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA BROADCAST MEDIA
STREET FLOODING ON JEANNE ST...CARS UNDER WATER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1100195 AKQ1100196 AKQ1100199 AKQ1100198 AKQ1100197
AKQ1100200
DAPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
711 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0627 PM TSTM WND GST OCEANA NAS 36.82N 76.03W
09/28/2011 M54 MPH CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA ASOS
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1100201
AJZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
719 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0534 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NNE CAPE HENRY 36.95N 76.00W
09/28/2011 M67 MPH ANZ634 VA BUOY
CAPE HENRY WEATHERFLOW SITE X138
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1100202
AJZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
748 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N EUCLID TERRACE 36.86N 76.16W
09/28/2011 CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
VEHICLES WASHED AWAY IN THE INDEPENDENCE-HAYGOOD AREA
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1100203
SCALORAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
752 PM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S OCEAN PARK 36.90N 76.10W
09/28/2011 CITY OF VIRGINIA B VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHORE DR WESTBOUND CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
&&
EVENT NUMBER AKQ1100204
SCALORAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two feet of water was reported over a section of Shore Drive.
Meade Lane was impassable due to flood waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, September 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 349353, 349354.