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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 24, 2015Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, City of Petersburg, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 2:10 PM EST for Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, City of Petersburg, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2015, 2:10 PM EST (19:10 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2015, 11:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 30, 2015, 3:51 AM EST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Appomattox River at Matoaca (MTCV2). The gauge peaked at 11.32 ft at Dec 26, 2015, 8:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02041650, 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, 1:18 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 1:18 PM EST, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 4:39 AM EST, 9 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 24, 2:06 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
206 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015

VAZ077-078-084>086-520-241930-
MATHEWS-NORTHUMBERLAND-EASTERN KING AND
QUEEN-MIDDLESEX-GLOUCESTER-LANCASTER-
206 PM EST THU DEC 24 2015

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
LANCASTER...SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN...NORTHERN GLOUCESTER...
NORTHWESTERN MATHEWS...SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHERN
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 205 PM EST...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER
DELTAVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

UP TO 1 INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
MATHEWS...SOUTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN EASTERN KING AND
QUEEN...SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN GLOUCESTER AND SOUTHEASTERN
LANCASTER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...HARMONY
VILLAGE...GREYS POINT...HARCUM...HEALYS...HARDYVILLE...DUTTON...COBBS
CREEK...ADNER...FOXWELLS AND STAMPERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM. BE
PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. HEAVY RAIN
COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING
OF DITCHES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3739 7665 3750 7674 3761 7653 3760 7646
      3761 7643 3764 7643 3765 7644 3766 7642
      3766 7643 3772 7631 3770 7630 3765 7632
      3762 7628 3762 7631 3757 7634 3756 7634
      3756 7630 3754 7631 3751 7628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 240DEG 36KT 3755 7637

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 7:07 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, Essex, Hanover, King William, Westmoreland, City of Richmond38 min
Dec 23, 7:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, King William, Richmond, Westmoreland35 min
Dec 23, 9:33 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg3 hr
Dec 24, 12:25 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg12 hr
Dec 24, 4:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway48 min
Dec 24, 8:33 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward42 min
Dec 24, 8:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward40 min
Dec 24, 9:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover, Powhatan, City of Richmond45 min
Dec 24, 10:28 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward3 hr
Dec 24, 10:46 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward36 hr
Dec 24, 10:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Powhatan32 min
Dec 24, 11:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Chesterfield37 min
Dec 24, 12:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico, King William, City of Richmond45 min
Dec 24, 12:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, New Kent, City of Hopewell35 min
Dec 24, 1:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Gloucester, James City, Middlesex32 min
Dec 24, 1:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ46 min
Dec 24, 1:53 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ37 min
Dec 24, 2:06 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMiddlesex24 min
Dec 24, 2:10 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan5 days
Dec 24, 2:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack49 min
Dec 24, 3:37 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ23 min
Dec 24, 3:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing William, City of Richmond25 min
Dec 24, 4:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing and Queen34 min
Dec 24, 4:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSussex36 min
Dec 24, 12:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester30 min
Dec 24, 6:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester37 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2015Every 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.