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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2015, 11:01 AM EDT for Fluvanna County, Virginia. It took effect at Apr 20, 2015, 3:09 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2015, 11:01 AM EDT (15:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2015, 3:09 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Fluvanna County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Rivanna River at Palmyra (PYAV2). The gauge peaked at 17.76 ft at Apr 20, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02034000, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Franklin, City of Williamsburg | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 4:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 6 more | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 5:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Apr 20, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 10:09 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 5 hr | |
| Apr 20, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 67 min |
| Apr 20, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Sussex | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Surry | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 2:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 4:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 38 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.