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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at May 22, 2020, 3:05 PM EDT for Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia. It took effect at May 23, 2020, 8:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2020, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2020, 8:30 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties City of Richmond, VA, Henrico County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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 James River (VA) at Richmond Locks (RICV2).
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 8 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02037705, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.