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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2018, 10:29 AM EST for Fluvanna County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 15, 2018, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2018, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2018, 11:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2018, 2:17 AM EST
- In force
- 3 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 15:32 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).
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 10:52 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 15, 7:06 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 8 hr | |
| Dec 15, 10:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Buckingham, Fluvanna | 59 hr |
| Dec 15, 10:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 45 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:21 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 12 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.