Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2016
River Flood Warning 10, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2016, 11:02 AM EST for Southampton County, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 20, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2016, 11:02 AM EST (16:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2016, 11:32 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Southampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 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 Nottoway River near Sebrell (SEBV2). The gauge peaked at 16.05 ft at Feb 20, 2016, 11:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02047000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.