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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 27, 20204 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2020, 9:07 AM EST for 4 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Dec 28, 2020, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2020, 9:07 AM EST (14:07 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 29, 2020, 8:27 PM EST
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties City of Franklin, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 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 Blackwater River (VA) above Franklin (FKNV2). The gauge peaked at 10.66 ft at Dec 28, 2020, 6:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
6.8 ft
Minor stage
10.8 ft
Moderate stage
14.8 ft
Major stage
18.8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02049500, 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
Dec 27, 3:07 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningAKQCaroline11 hr
Dec 27, 3:31 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ21 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.