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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 21, 2018Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, City of Petersburg, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2018, 6:38 AM EDT for Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, City of Petersburg, Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2018, 6:38 AM EDT (10:38 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2018, 11:08 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Appomattox River at Matoaca (MTCV2). The gauge peaked at 10.38 ft at May 20, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02041650, 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 21, 4:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 4:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 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 21, 4:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	King and Queen, King William	4 days
May 21, 12:45 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		6 hr
May 21, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	42 min
May 21, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	41 min
May 21, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden	46 min
May 21, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Pasquotank	44 min
May 21, 2:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	66 min
May 21, 2:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Pasquotank, Perquimans	3 hr
May 21, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans	3 hr
May 21, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan	45 min
May 21, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	49 min
May 21, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Every 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.