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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 6, 2017Clarke County, Warren County, Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2017, 5:18 PM EDT for Clarke County, Warren County, Virginia; Jefferson County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 6, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2017, 5:18 PM EDT (21:18 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clarke County, VA, Warren County, VA, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 Shenandoah River at Millville (MILW2).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01636500, 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 7:58 PM EDT, 21 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 9:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	15 hr
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 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

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2017 River Flood Warnings in West Virginia, 2017 Every river flood warning in 2017

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.