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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2023, 9:12 PM EDT for Sussex County, Virginia. It took effect at Apr 29, 2023, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2023, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2023, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2023, 3:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Nottoway River near Stony Creek (STYV2). The gauge peaked at 13.38 ft at Apr 30, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02045500, 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:32 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:53 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 15 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:10 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 5 days | |
| Apr 28, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford | 45 min |
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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.