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River Flood Watch 21, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 25, 2020Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, City of Fredericksburg, Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this river flood watch at Dec 25, 2020, 3:06 AM EST for Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2020, 3:06 AM EST (08:06 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2020, 11:12 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties City of Fredericksburg, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rappahannock River above Fredericksburg (FDBV2). The gauge peaked at 11.85 ft at Dec 25, 2020, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01668000, 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 watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Dec 24, 9:33 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 9:33 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 2:52 AM EST, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 24, 9:27 PM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 24, 9:29 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 24, 9:31 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 24, 9:34 PM EST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 7:21 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	27 hr
Dec 24, 7:21 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	32 hr
Dec 24, 8:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Prince William, City of Manassas	23 hr
Dec 24, 8:50 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier	12 hr
Dec 24, 9:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock	11 hr
Dec 24, 9:52 PM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg	3 hr
Dec 24, 10:32 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		40 hr
Dec 25, 1:14 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania	12 hr
Dec 25, 2:45 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	LWX	Highland	30 hr
Dec 25, 3:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Clarke, Warren	45 hr
Dec 25, 3:36 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Shenandoah	6 hr
Dec 25, 3:53 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, City of Manassas Park	16 hr
Dec 24, 7:21 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Montgomery	21 hr
Dec 24, 7:21 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick	11 hr
Dec 24, 7:21 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Washington	35 hr
Dec 24, 8:05 PM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	15 hr
Dec 24, 9:04 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Carroll, Frederick	12 hr
Dec 25, 2:11 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Baltimore	9 hr
Dec 25, 2:17 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Howard	8 hr
Dec 25, 2:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard	6 hr
Dec 25, 2:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Cecil	6 hr
Dec 25, 9:16 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX		10 hr
Dec 25, 10:27 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Saint Mary's	3 hr
Dec 25, 1:17 PM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Cecil	8 hr
Dec 25, 1:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Frederick	11 hr
Dec 24, 9:40 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Pendleton	7 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.