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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 17, 2011City of Richmond, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2011, 9:21 PM EDT for City of Richmond, Virginia. It took effect at Apr 18, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2011, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 6:49 PM EDT
In force: 41 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Flood severity: Minor

County City of Richmond, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 James River (VA) at Richmond Locks (RICV2).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02037705, 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 Apr 17, 5:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 5:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 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
Apr 18, 4:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		24 hr
Apr 18, 6:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 hr

Nearby

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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.