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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 28, 2023Sussex County, Virginia

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.

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 Nottoway River near Stony Creek (STYV2). The gauge peaked at 13.38 ft at Apr 30, 2023, 11:00 PM EDT.

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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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 2:53 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland8 hr
Apr 29, 9:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond15 hr
Apr 29, 2:10 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ5 days
Apr 28, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie43 min
Apr 28, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHertford45 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.