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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2020, 10:27 AM EST for Amelia County, Chesterfield County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It took effect at Dec 29, 2020, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2020, 10:27 AM EST (15:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2020, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2020, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Amelia County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 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 Mattoax (MTXV2). The gauge peaked at 22.35 ft at Dec 29, 2020, 3:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 21 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02040000, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 3:01 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 50 hr | |
| Dec 28, 5:16 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 49 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, King and Queen, King William | 49 hr |
Nearby
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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.