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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 16, 2014Cumberland County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2014, 9:47 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It took effect at May 16, 2014, 1:09 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2014, 9:47 AM EDT (13:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2014, 1:09 PM EDT
Expired: May 17, 2014, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Cumberland County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point James River (VA) at Cartersville (CARV2). The gauge peaked at 20.50 ft at May 16, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26.4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02035000, 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, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 7:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 5:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 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, 9:17 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 9:25 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 9:37 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 9:41 AM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 9:47 AM EDT, 0 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
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, 7:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	6 days
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, 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, 2014 Every 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.