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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 1, 2018Fluvanna County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Aug 1, 2018, 8:45 AM EDT for Fluvanna County, Virginia. It took effect at Aug 1, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2018, 8:45 AM EDT (12:45 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 1, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Aug 1, 2018, 11:02 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Fluvanna County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rivanna River at Palmyra (PYAV2). The gauge peaked at 16.75 ft at Aug 1, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02034000, 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 Aug 1, 6:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 5:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 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
Jul 31, 8:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	9 hr
Jul 31, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	48 min
Jul 31, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	48 min
Jul 31, 10:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Franklin	51 min
Jul 31, 11:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Westmoreland	24 min
Jul 31, 11:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, King William, Westmoreland	46 min
Aug 1, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Prince Edward	53 min
Aug 1, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	53 min
Aug 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	40 min
Aug 1, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	46 min
Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Newport News	52 min
Aug 1, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin	47 min
Aug 1, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	44 min
Aug 1, 6:56 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		11 hr
Jul 31, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	44 min
Jul 31, 8:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester	3 hr
Jul 31, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	38 min
Aug 1, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden	41 min

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.