Alert archive / Virginia / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 48, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2018, 4:32 AM EDT for Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2018, 4:32 AM EDT (08:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2018, 8:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Culpeper County, VA, Fauquier County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Rappahannock River at Remington (RENV2). The gauge peaked at 18.32 ft at Jun 4, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01664000, 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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 5, 4:01 AM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:01 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| Jun 5, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 116 min | |
| Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Carroll, Frederick | 33 min |
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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.