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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 1, 2020Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 1, 2020, 1:54 PM EST for Henrico County, City of Richmond, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 1, 2020, 4:58 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2020, 1:54 PM EST (18:54 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 1, 2020, 4:58 PM EST
Expired
Dec 1, 2020, 10:06 PM EST
In force
5 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 18:57 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 9:22 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond28 hr
Dec 1, 2:34 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2020Every 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.