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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Baltimore/Washington

June 22, 2018Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2018, 8:29 AM EDT for Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. It took effect at Jun 22, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2018, 8:29 AM EDT (12:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 22, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 24, 2018, 4:33 AM EDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties City of Fredericksburg, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rappahannock River above Fredericksburg (FDBV2). The gauge peaked at 17.54 ft at Jun 23, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01668000, 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 22, 5:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:50 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:28 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 11:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Orange	24 hr
Jun 21, 11:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Rockingham	6 hr
Jun 22, 3:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Greene	5 hr
Jun 22, 3:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper	24 hr
Jun 22, 5:04 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Madison	5 hr
Jun 22, 5:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	28 hr
Jun 22, 6:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Rockingham, Shenandoah	6 hr
Jun 22, 6:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania	33 hr
Jun 22, 8:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison, Orange	3 hr
Jun 22, 8:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Rappahannock	12 hr
Jun 22, 8:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Page, Shenandoah, Warren	12 hr
Jun 22, 8:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	48 hr
Jun 22, 8:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	59 hr
Jun 22, 9:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah, Warren	30 hr
Jun 22, 9:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Clarke, Warren	60 hr
Jun 22, 10:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier	12 hr
Jun 22, 11:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene and 17 more	14 hr
Jun 22, 12:30 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	26 hr
Jun 22, 2:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier	6 hr
Jun 22, 7:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		6 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.