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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 24, 2015Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 10:46 AM EST for Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 24, 2015, 2:00 PM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2015, 10:46 AM EST (15:46 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2015, 2:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 25, 2015, 10:55 PM EST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 15:47 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 17.74 ft at Dec 24, 2015, 9:00 PM EST.

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 Dec 24, 7:28 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 7:28 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 4:39 AM EST, 6 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 24, 8:33 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 24, 8:35 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 24, 9:15 AM EST, 1 hour 31 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
Dec 23, 7:07 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Essex, Hanover, King William, Westmoreland, City of Richmond	38 min
Dec 23, 7:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, King William, Richmond, Westmoreland	35 min
Dec 23, 9:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	3 hr
Dec 24, 12:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	12 hr
Dec 24, 4:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	48 min
Dec 24, 8:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	42 min
Dec 24, 8:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward	40 min
Dec 24, 9:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover, Powhatan, City of Richmond	45 min
Dec 24, 10:28 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward	3 hr
Dec 24, 10:58 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Powhatan	32 min
Dec 24, 11:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield	37 min
Dec 24, 12:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, King William, City of Richmond	45 min
Dec 24, 12:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent, City of Hopewell	35 min
Dec 24, 1:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Middlesex	32 min
Dec 24, 1:29 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Dec 24, 1:53 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		37 min
Dec 24, 2:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex	24 min
Dec 24, 2:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	5 days
Dec 24, 2:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg	6 days
Dec 24, 2:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	49 min
Dec 24, 3:37 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		23 min
Dec 24, 3:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William, City of Richmond	25 min
Dec 24, 4:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	34 min
Dec 24, 4:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	36 min
Dec 24, 12:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	30 min
Dec 24, 6:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	37 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.