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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2015, 8:28 AM EDT for Chesterfield County, Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 8:28 AM EDT (12:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 12:31 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 James River (VA) at Richmond-Westham (RMDV2).
- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton | 40 min |
| Apr 21, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 41 min |
| Apr 21, 3:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 42 hr | |
| Apr 20, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 10:46 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 7 hr |
Nearby
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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.