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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 13, 2018Greensville County, Southampton County, City of Emporia, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2018, 11:58 AM EDT for Greensville County, Southampton County, City of Emporia, Virginia. It took effect at Oct 14, 2018, 6:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2018, 11:58 AM EDT (15:58 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 14, 2018, 6:30 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 15, 2018, 6:51 PM EDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties City of Emporia, VA, Greensville County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Meherrin River at Emporia (EPOV2). The gauge peaked at 25.36 ft at Oct 14, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02052000, 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 Oct 12, 4:02 PM EDT, 19 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 4:02 PM EDT, 19 hours 56 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
Oct 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Westmoreland and 5 more	9 hr
Oct 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 7 more	16 hr
Oct 13, 3:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Caroline	12 hr
Oct 13, 3:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	King and Queen, King William	12 hr
Oct 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	9 hr

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.