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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2014, 7:57 AM EDT for Amelia County, Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It took effect at May 16, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2014, 7:57 AM EDT (11:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Amelia County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Appomattox River at Mattoax (MTXV2). The gauge peaked at 25.07 ft at May 20, 2014, 1:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 21 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02040000, 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 May 16, 7:44 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:44 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014 NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ063-064-070>076-080>083-087>090-092-093-096- 170915- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-HANOVER-CAROLINE-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK- 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY AND PUSH OFFSHORE BY LATE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS TODAY. MINOR FLOODING OF RIVERS... STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ048-049-060>062-065>069-079-170915- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY AND PUSH OFFSHORE BY LATE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS THROUGH THIS MORNING. MINOR FLOODING OF RIVERS... STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-025-NCZ017-102-VAZ077-078-084>086-091-094-095-097>100-170915- INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX- MATHEWS-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-CHESAPEAKE- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY AND PUSH OFFSHORE BY LATE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>023-170915- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET- 506 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY AND PUSH OFFSHORE BY LATE AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEROSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
500 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014
NCZ012>014-030-VAZ087>089-092-093-096-161000-
BERTIE-GATES-GREENSVILLE-HERTFORD-ISLE OF
WIGHT-NORTHAMPTON-SOUTHAMPTON-SUFFOLK-SURRY-SUSSEX-
500 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014
...HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHAMPTON...BERTIE...GATES...
HERTFORD...CITY OF FRANKLIN...ISLE OF WIGHT...SURRY...CITY OF
SUFFOLK...GREENSVILLE...SOUTHAMPTON AND SUSSEX COUNTIES THROUGH 600
AM EDT...
AT 500 AM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOOTH
FORK TO FRANKLIN TO REPUBLICAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
WAKEFIELD TO FRANKLIN TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINDSOR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
LAT...LON 3604 7705 3635 7741 3718 7707 3696 7648
3692 7648
MMONTESpecial weather statement, May 16, 5:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
554 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014
VAZ063-064-070>076-080-082-083-161045-
CAROLINE-CHARLES
CITY-CHESTERFIELD-DINWIDDIE-ESSEX-HANOVER-HENRICO-KING AND QUEEN-KING
WILLIAM-NEW KENT-RICHMOND-WESTMORELAND-
554 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014
...A BAND OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS...CITY
OF RICHMOND...HENRICO...CHESTERFIELD...HANOVER...WESTMORELAND...
ESSEX...RICHMOND...CHARLES CITY...KING AND QUEEN...KING WILLIAM...NEW
KENT...CAROLINE AND DINWIDDIE COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM EDT...
AT 552 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES NORTH OF POTOMAC BEACH TO PORT
ROYAL TO CHESTER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INDIAN HEAD TO 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN TO CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
STUDLEY AROUND 600 AM EDT...
SUPPLY AROUND 605 AM EDT...
SANDSTON AROUND 610 AM EDT...
SALVIA AROUND 615 AM EDT...
NEWTOWN AROUND 620 AM EDT...
QUINTON AROUND 625 AM EDT...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS
AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND
OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. ALSO...HEAVY RAINFALL...MAY CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS
AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS
FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
LAT...LON 3826 7695 3821 7693 3817 7685 3817 7678
3773 7687 3721 7750 3819 7724 3821 7722
3824 7723 3824 7722 3821 7722 3817 7718
3816 7707 3826 7705 3828 7698
ALBRIGHTSpecial weather statement, May 16, 6:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 4 days |
| May 15, 11:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:38 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward | 52 hr |
| May 16, 12:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 38 hr |
| May 16, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 64 min |
| May 16, 4:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 62 hr |
| May 16, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, City of Richmond | 65 min |
| May 16, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin | 26 min |
| May 16, 5:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 60 min |
| May 16, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Newport News and 4 more | 58 min |
| May 16, 6:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 7:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 57 min |
| May 16, 7:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Buckingham, Fluvanna | 49 hr |
| May 16, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 56 min |
| May 16, 7:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 68 hr |
| May 16, 8:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 110 min |
| May 16, 8:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 117 min |
| May 16, 9:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 6 hr |
| May 16, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 90 min |
| May 16, 9:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 27 hr |
| May 16, 10:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 57 min |
| May 16, 11:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 38 min |
| May 16, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 3 hr |
| May 16, 3:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 54 hr |
| May 16, 3:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 3 days |
| May 16, 8:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 57 min |
| May 16, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 58 min |
| May 16, 10:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 109 min |
| May 16, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 54 min |
| May 15, 8:40 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 10 hr |
| May 16, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 58 min |
| May 16, 9:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 65 min |
| May 16, 10:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 64 min |
| May 16, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 28 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014
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.