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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Nov 16, 2018, 3:12 AM EST for Fluvanna County, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 16, 2018, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2018, 3:12 AM EST (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2018, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2018, 4:12 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- 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 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Rivanna River at Palmyra (PYAV2). The gauge peaked at 18.59 ft at Nov 16, 2018, 9:00 AM EST.
- 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 7:38 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 38 hr | |
| Nov 16, 4:15 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 37 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 39 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward | 14 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2018Every 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.