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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2016, 7:25 AM EDT for Brunswick County, Virginia. It took effect at May 6, 2016, 12:22 PM EDT. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2016, 7:25 AM EDT (11:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2016, 12:22 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2016, 2:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Brunswick County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:25 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 Meherrin River near Lawrenceville (LAWV2). The gauge peaked at 19.45 ft at May 8, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02051500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 6 hr |
| May 6, 2:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| May 6, 5:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Northampton | 3 hr |
| May 6, 6:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| May 6, 7:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex | 3 hr |
| May 6, 8:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 5 more | 54 min |
| May 6, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, James City and 8 more | 56 min |
| May 6, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 38 min |
| May 6, 9:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Henrico, James City, King and Queen and 13 more | 63 min |
| May 6, 10:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 5 more | 47 min |
| May 6, 8:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 54 min |
| May 6, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 39 min |
| May 6, 11:02 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 19 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.