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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Nov 16, 2020, 3:01 PM EST for Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, City of Petersburg, Virginia. It took effect at Nov 17, 2020, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2020, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2020, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2020, 1:44 AM EST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 Appomattox River at Matoaca (MTCV2). The gauge peaked at 10.58 ft at Nov 17, 2020, 11:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02041650, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 8:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Westmoreland | 62 min |
| Nov 15, 9:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 9:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King and Queen, King William, Richmond | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 10:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| Nov 15, 10:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 94 min | |
| Nov 15, 11:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 50 min |
| Nov 16, 3:53 PM EST | Gale Watch | AKQ | 3 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:53 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 56 hr | |
| Nov 15, 7:12 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 9:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 43 min |
| Nov 15, 10:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 42 min |
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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.