Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2016
River Flood Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2016, 7:31 AM EST for Chesterfield County, Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia; Bertie County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 1, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 177 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2016, 7:31 AM EST (12:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2016, 8:32 AM EDT
- In force
- 177 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Bertie County, NC, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Henrico County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 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).
- 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.
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2016River Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2016Every river flood warning in 2016
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.