Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2017
River Flood Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2017, 9:50 PM EDT for Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Virginia. It took effect at May 6, 2017, 1:37 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2017, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2017, 1:37 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2017, 1:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Culpeper County, VA, Fauquier County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 Rappahannock River at Remington (RENV2). The gauge peaked at 16.60 ft at May 6, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01664000, 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 Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Culpeper | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:29 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 38 hr | |
| May 6, 2:56 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 18 hr |
| May 6, 5:18 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Warren | 19 hr |
| May 5, 11:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Berkeley | 9 hr |
| May 6, 1:13 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LWX | Morgan | 20 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.