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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Baltimore/Washington

October 13, 2011Culpeper County, Orange County, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2011, 5:41 AM EDT for Culpeper County, Orange County, Virginia. It took effect at Oct 13, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2011, 5:41 AM EDT (09:41 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2011, 7:33 AM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Culpeper County, VA, Orange County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rapidan River near Culpeper (CLPV2).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01667500, 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 Oct 12, 6:06 PM EDT, 11 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 6:06 PM EDT, 11 hours 35 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
Oct 12, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Nelson	28 min
Oct 12, 8:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Nelson	4 hr
Oct 13, 4:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Prince William, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	62 min
Oct 13, 3:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Orange	33 min
Oct 13, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Spotsylvania	11 min
Oct 13, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Orange	30 min
Oct 13, 4:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange	37 min
Oct 13, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Prince William	16 min
Oct 13, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Fredericksburg	29 min
Oct 13, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Fauquier	14 min
Oct 13, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Culpeper	25 min
Oct 13, 5:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Prince William, City of Manassas	23 min
Oct 13, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		57 min
Oct 13, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	King George	12 min
Oct 13, 5:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford	32 min
Oct 13, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Fairfax, City of Fairfax	25 min
Oct 13, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		58 min
Oct 13, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	City of Fairfax	28 min
Oct 13, 6:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania	31 min
Oct 13, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Carroll	21 min

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.