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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 21, 2016Bertie County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Sep 21, 2016, 6:43 AM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 21, 2016, 10:04 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2016, 6:43 AM EDT (10:43 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 21, 2016, 10:04 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 26, 2016, 1:27 AM EDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Bertie County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 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 Cashie River near Windsor (WNDN7). The gauge peaked at 13.98 ft at Sep 23, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 0208111310, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 21, 3:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 3:52 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach67 min
Sep 20, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach67 min
Sep 21, 4:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach4 hr
Sep 21, 4:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Suffolk3 hr
Sep 21, 5:59 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQGloucester, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Surry, York and 6 more13 hr
Sep 21, 7:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Suffolk3 hr
Sep 21, 7:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach3 hr
Sep 21, 11:04 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach6 hr
Sep 21, 2:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin3 hr
Sep 21, 4:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin11 hr
Sep 21, 4:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach11 hr
Sep 20, 8:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Gates, Pasquotank3 hr
Sep 20, 10:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Chowan55 min
Sep 21, 7:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans3 hr
Sep 21, 8:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Perquimans3 hr
Sep 21, 9:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank3 hr
Sep 21, 11:09 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Perquimans6 hr
Sep 21, 11:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans6 hr
Sep 21, 11:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank6 hr
Sep 21, 4:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more11 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.