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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 6, 2015Chesterfield County, Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2015, 5:36 PM EST for Chesterfield County, Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia. It took effect at Mar 7, 2015, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2015, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2015, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 8, 2015, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Henrico County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point James River (VA) at Richmond-Westham (RMDV2). The gauge peaked at 12.71 ft at Mar 7, 2015, 11:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02037500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 1:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQBuckingham, Fluvanna19 hr
Mar 6, 5:36 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQBrunswick10 hr

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.