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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 23, 2015, 3:13 PM EST for Sussex County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 24, 2015, 9:24 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 23, 2015, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2015, 9:24 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 6:24 AM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 Nottoway River near Stony Creek (STYV2).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02045500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:42 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr | |
| Dec 23, 12:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 5 more | 63 min |
| Dec 23, 1:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg and 10 more | 59 min |
| Dec 23, 1:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 85 min |
| Dec 23, 3:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 4 days |
| Dec 23, 5:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 44 min |
| Dec 23, 6:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, City of Richmond | 36 min |
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.