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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 11, 2020Fluvanna County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Nov 11, 2020, 2:53 PM EST for Fluvanna County, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 12, 2020, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 11, 2020, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 12, 2020, 5:00 AM EST
Expired: Nov 13, 2020, 12:09 PM EST
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Fluvanna County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 Rivanna River at Palmyra (PYAV2). The gauge peaked at 22.88 ft at Nov 12, 2020, 10:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02034000, 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 Nov 11, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 12:46 PM EST, 2 hours 7 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
Nov 11, 10:30 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more	31 hr
Nov 11, 2:55 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward	63 hr

Nearby

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

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.