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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 12, 2009Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Nov 12, 2009, 9:59 AM EST for Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 12, 2009, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 12, 2009, 9:59 AM EST (14:59 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 12, 2009, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 13, 2009, 11:27 PM EST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Amelia County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Appomattox River at Farmville (FRMV2). The gauge peaked at 17.42 ft at Nov 13, 2009, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02039500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Nov 12, 8:16 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 8:16 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 12, 5:30 AM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 11, 9:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie	68 hr
Nov 11, 9:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Sussex	5 days
Nov 12, 8:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton and 5 more	6 hr
Nov 12, 8:19 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton and 5 more	6 hr
Nov 12, 9:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	6 days
Nov 12, 11:04 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton and 5 more	6 hr
Nov 12, 11:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	10 hr
Nov 12, 2:25 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	6 hr
Nov 12, 2:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex	6 hr
Nov 12, 2:53 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	4 hr
Nov 12, 4:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Richmond	55 hr
Nov 12, 4:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	55 hr
Nov 12, 4:53 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 4 more	3 hr
Nov 12, 5:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 2 more	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Every 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.