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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 13, 2018Amelia County, Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Nov 13, 2018, 11:10 PM EST for Amelia County, Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 15, 2018, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 13, 2018, 11:10 PM EST (04:10 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 15, 2018, 11:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 20, 2018, 7:06 AM EST
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 04:10 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 22.50 ft at Nov 17, 2018, 1:00 PM EST.

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 Nov 13, 10:53 PM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 10:53 PM EST, 17 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 13, 9:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward	16 hr
Nov 13, 11:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Southampton	8 days
Nov 14, 3:32 AM EST	Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more	35 hr
Nov 14, 3:34 AM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		54 hr
Nov 14, 3:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Louisa, Prince Edward	19 hr
Nov 14, 3:42 PM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Hampton, City of Virginia Beach	29 hr
Nov 14, 4:18 PM EST	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	36 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.