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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 26, 2009Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2009, 2:46 PM EST for Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 26, 2009, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 26, 2009, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 27, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Culpeper County, VA, Fauquier County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rappahannock River at Remington (RENV2). The gauge peaked at 14.76 ft at Dec 26, 2009, 9:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 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 01664000, 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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 25, 6:07 PM EST, 20 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 6:07 PM EST, 20 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 7:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Manassas and 1 more	98 min
Dec 26, 2:18 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more	10 hr
Dec 26, 8:32 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	5 hr
Dec 26, 9:14 AM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more	9 hr
Dec 26, 5:47 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more	11 hr
Dec 25, 8:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, City of Baltimore	91 min
Dec 26, 7:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Montgomery	6 days
Dec 26, 8:00 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery and 2 more	6 hr
Dec 26, 10:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick	34 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.