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River Flood Warning 49, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2024, 9:05 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Oct 1, 2024, 11:40 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2024, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2024, 11:40 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2024, 9:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Brunswick County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 Rawlings (RAWV2). The gauge peaked at 9.46 ft at Oct 1, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 16 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02044500, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 9:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 3 days |
| Oct 2, 2:35 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 63 hr |
| Oct 2, 9:31 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 6 hr |
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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.