River Flood Warning 23, NWS Wakefield, VA

Issued

Sep 1, 2020, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)

In effect from

Sep 1, 2020, 10:34 PM EDT

Expired

Sep 2, 2020, 5:16 AM EDT

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Wakefield, VA

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Henrico County, VA

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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.

Written for the forecast point James River (VA) at Richmond-Westham (RMDV2). The gauge peaked at 12.07 ft at Sep 2, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

9 ft

Minor stage

12 ft

Moderate stage

15 ft

Major stage

22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02037500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Aug 31, 7:11 PM EDT, 20 hours 30 minutes earlier.

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River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.