Rivers in Virginia

Warwick River at Shellabarger Dr (IN MLLW)

City of Newport News County, VirginiaNWS WRSV2Wakefield office

No flood stages set
3.02ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 3:12 PM EDT

Record crest
6.89 ft2025

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Crest history

4 crests on NOAA’s list since 2025.

#DateStage
1October 12, 20256.89 ft
2August 21, 20256.25 ft
3October 28, 20256.10 ft
4September 16, 20256.02 ft

Most recent crests

  • October 28, 2025: 6.10 ft
  • October 12, 2025: 6.89 ft
  • September 16, 2025: 6.02 ft
  • August 21, 2025: 6.25 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. The tide heights shown above reference the <a href="https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/datum_options.html"> mean lower low water (MLLW) </a> tidal datum.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.