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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2025, 11:23 AM EST for Chesterfield County, Dinwiddie County, City of Petersburg, Virginia. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 9:31 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2025, 11:23 AM EST (16:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2025, 9:31 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2025, 3:02 PM EST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 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 Appomattox River at Matoaca (MTCV2).
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02041650, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 7:32 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, Prince George and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:44 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward | 46 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan | 6 days |
| Feb 16, 5:48 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr | |
| Feb 16, 5:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 61 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 21 days |
| Feb 16, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 3 days |
| Feb 16, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 52 hr |
| Feb 16, 10:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 10 more | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 10:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 1 more | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 10:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 4 days |
| Feb 16, 10:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, James City, King and Queen and 7 more | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 10:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 11:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 68 min | |
| Feb 16, 11:29 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 67 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.