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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 18, 2020Southampton County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Sep 18, 2020, 9:43 AM EDT for Southampton County, Virginia. It took effect at Sep 18, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 18, 2020, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 18, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 9, 2020, 9:43 AM EDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Nottoway River near Sebrell (SEBV2). The gauge peaked at 17.94 ft at Sep 20, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02047000, 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 Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 18, 7:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 7:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 6:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 8:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 8:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 8:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 9:05 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 9:08 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 18, 9:09 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 8:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Prince George, Sussex	3 hr
Sep 17, 9:10 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	35 hr
Sep 17, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex	3 hr
Sep 17, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	3 hr
Sep 17, 11:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	3 hr
Sep 18, 1:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	3 hr
Sep 18, 2:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg	3 hr
Sep 18, 2:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more	3 hr
Sep 18, 3:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, York, City of Hampton and 2 more	3 hr
Sep 18, 3:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Sep 18, 4:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		2 hr
Sep 18, 6:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry and 8 more	12 hr
Sep 18, 6:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	12 hr
Sep 18, 8:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	58 hr
Sep 18, 9:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	6 days
Sep 18, 9:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Sussex	23 hr
Sep 18, 3:43 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake and 5 more	69 hr
Sep 18, 4:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry	60 hr
Sep 18, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton	61 hr

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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.