Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 29, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2009, 4:27 PM EST for Brunswick County, Virginia. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2009, 4:27 PM EST (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2009, 7:34 AM EST
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Brunswick County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Meherrin River near Lawrenceville (LAWV2). The gauge peaked at 18.07 ft at Dec 27, 2009, 3:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02051500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 9:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, City of Richmond | 39 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 52 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:56 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset | 7 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009
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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.