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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 6, 2020Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 6, 2020, 12:01 AM EST for Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2020, 12:01 AM EST (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2020, 12:21 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Amelia County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Farmville (FRMV2). The gauge peaked at 16.46 ft at Dec 6, 2020, 4:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02039500, 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 Dec 5, 2:48 PM EST, 9 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 2:48 PM EST, 9 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 2:09 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ59 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.