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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 12, 2013Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Jul 12, 2013, 7:30 AM EDT for Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It took effect at Jul 12, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2013, 7:30 AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 12, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 13, 2013, 7:03 AM EDT
In force: 21 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 11:32 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 16.96 ft at Jul 12, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT.

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 Jul 11, 4:35 PM EDT, 14 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 4:35 PM EDT, 14 hours 55 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
Jul 11, 10:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Cumberland	119 min
Jul 11, 10:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Prince Edward	2 hr
Jul 12, 1:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lunenburg	3 hr
Jul 12, 3:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 12, 4:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince George and 4 more	111 min
Jul 12, 4:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lunenburg	111 min
Jul 12, 10:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	47 hr
Jul 12, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	60 min
Jul 12, 3:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Prince Edward	3 hr
Jul 12, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	37 min
Jul 12, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Poquoson	46 min
Jul 12, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George	38 min
Jul 12, 8:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	50 min
Jul 12, 11:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Worcester	3 hr
Jul 12, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	57 min
Jul 12, 2:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Worcester	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.