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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Feb 8, 2020, 3:58 AM EST for Brunswick County, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 8, 2020, 5:20 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2020, 3:58 AM EST (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2020, 5:20 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2020, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Brunswick County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Nottoway River near Rawlings (RAWV2). The gauge peaked at 10.60 ft at Feb 8, 2020, 11:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02044500, 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 Feb 7, 6:29 PM EST, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 6:29 PM EST, 9 hours 29 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 24 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.