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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 19, 2018Amelia County, Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at May 19, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT for Amelia County, Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It took effect at May 20, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 24, 2018, 7:13 PM EDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Amelia County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, Powhatan County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Appomattox River at Mattoax (MTXV2). The gauge peaked at 24.81 ft at May 23, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02040000, 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, 3:03 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:03 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:45 AM EDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:46 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
246 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2018

NCZ014-VAZ093-095>097-191930-
Gates-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake-
246 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2018

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GATES...
AND CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES...THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF
CHESAPEAKE...THE SOUTHERN CITY OF PORTSMOUTH AND THE CITY OF
SUFFOLK...

At 245 PM EDT, an area of showers and thunderstorm with heavy rain
was located over Gates...or 8 miles north of Gatesville, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

Rainfall amounts of up to 1 inch are possible with these showers and
storms, with locally higher amounts possible.

Locations impacted include...
Smithfield...Windsor...Gatesville...Downtown Suffolk...Deep Creek...
Holland...Chesapeake...Portsmouth...Suffolk...Gates...Bowers Hill...
Roduco...Cradock...Whaleyville...Driver...Crittenden...Corapeake...
Kings Fork...Western Branch and Carrollton.

Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of this storm. Be
prepared for rapid changes in weather and road conditions. Heavy rain
could cause ponding of water on roads...and possible minor flooding
of ditches and poor drainage areas.

LAT...LON 3648 7694 3651 7691 3653 7692 3654 7692
      3700 7662 3685 7638 3684 7638 3684 7635
      3679 7627 3636 7675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 215DEG 28KT 3653 7676

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Special weather statement, May 19, 2:59 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
259 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2018

VAZ095>097-523>525-191945-
Hampton/Poquoson-Norfolk/Portsmouth-Newport
News-Suffolk-York-Chesapeake-
259 PM EDT SAT MAY 19 2018

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
SOUTHEASTERN YORK...THE WESTERN CITY OF NORFOLK...THE CITY OF
POQUOSON...THE NORTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...THE CITY OF
PORTSMOUTH...THE NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK...THE CITY OF HAMPTON
AND THE SOUTHERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS...

At 258 PM EDT, a thunderstorm with heavy rain was located over
Churchland, moving north at 30 mph.

Rainfall amounts of up to 1 inch over a short period of time are
possible with these showers and storms.

Locations impacted include...
Newport News...Hampton...Hampton University...Langley AFB...Old
Dominion University...Christopher Newport University...Ocean View...
Downtown Portsmouth...Churchland...Seaford...Norfolk...Chesapeake...
Portsmouth...Suffolk...Northampton...Driver...Buckroe Beach...
Ghent...Norfolk NAS and Bowers Hill.

Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of this storm. Be
prepared for rapid changes in weather and road conditions. Heavy rain
could cause ponding of water on roads...and possible minor flooding
of ditches and poor drainage areas.

LAT...LON 3700 7626 3698 7623 3676 7634 3681 7656
      3695 7650 3694 7648 3697 7652 3725 7645
      3726 7642 3727 7644 3727 7639 3730 7639
      3728 7631 3727 7634 3721 7635 3715 7626
      3709 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 195DEG 27KT 3687 7643

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 9:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCumberland, Prince Edward21 hr
May 18, 11:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway18 hr
May 19, 12:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Nottoway and 2 more18 hr
May 19, 12:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ4 hr
May 19, 7:37 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQFluvanna23 hr
May 19, 9:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQCumberland, Goochland, Powhatan20 hr
May 19, 12:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and 6 more6 hr
May 19, 1:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland and 2 more3 hr
May 19, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Suffolk44 min
May 19, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth46 min
May 19, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, York, City of Newport News56 min
May 19, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, York64 min
May 19, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth59 min
May 19, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William36 hr
May 19, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Northampton58 min
May 19, 5:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, King William48 hr
May 19, 6:56 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQNorthumberland, Westmoreland15 hr
May 19, 6:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCharles City, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent4 days
May 19, 5:03 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester6 hr
May 19, 10:59 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester6 hr
May 19, 5:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQWorcester72 hr
May 19, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Hertford, Northampton60 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.