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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 19, 2018Cumberland County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2018, 9:42 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It took effect at May 19, 2018, 6:10 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2018, 9:42 AM EDT (13:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2018, 6:10 PM EDT
Expired: May 20, 2018, 5:20 AM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cumberland County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point James River (VA) at Cartersville (CARV2).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 26.4 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02035000, 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 May 19, 8:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 8:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 9:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	21 hr
May 18, 11:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	18 hr
May 19, 12:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Nottoway and 2 more	18 hr
May 19, 12:25 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		4 hr
May 19, 7:37 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	23 hr
May 19, 12:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and 6 more	6 hr
May 19, 1:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland and 2 more	3 hr
May 19, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	44 min
May 19, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth	46 min
May 19, 3:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	5 days
May 19, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, York, City of Newport News	56 min
May 19, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, York	64 min
May 19, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	59 min
May 19, 5:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	King and Queen, King William	36 hr
May 19, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	58 min
May 19, 5:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, King William	48 hr
May 19, 6:56 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northumberland, Westmoreland	15 hr
May 19, 6:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent	4 days
May 19, 5:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	6 hr
May 19, 10:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	6 hr
May 19, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Worcester	72 hr
May 19, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	60 min

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.