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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 13, 2018Sussex County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Nov 13, 2018, 4:59 PM EST for Sussex County, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 14, 2018, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2018, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 14, 2018, 3:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 16, 2018, 9:48 PM EST
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nottoway River near Stony Creek (STYV2). The gauge peaked at 15.05 ft at Nov 16, 2018, 10:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02045500, 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 Nov 13, 4:06 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 4:06 PM EST, 53 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
Nov 12, 11:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 2 more	3 hr
Nov 13, 4:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews, Northampton, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk and 3 more	47 min
Nov 13, 4:26 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		79 min
Nov 13, 7:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	4 days
Nov 13, 7:43 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	9 hr
Nov 13, 10:05 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		58 hr
Nov 13, 3:08 PM EST	Gale Watch	AKQ		12 hr
Nov 13, 3:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Perquimans	39 min
Nov 13, 4:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	38 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.