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Action stage
Ragged Island Creek, VA
- Gauge
- River gauge · RGIV2 · NWS AKQ
- Observed
- Observed 2.08 ft at : action stage
- Forecast
- No forecast at action stage or above.
- Stages
- Action 2 ft · Flood (minor) 2.5 ft · Moderate 3.5 ft · Major 4.5 ft
Forecast hydrograph
Impacts and the full forecast are read for gauges in flood; this one is at action stage.
NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods.
NWPS’s page for RGIV2 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Virginia
Rain and rivers in Virginia
- Expected rain: 0.01 in or more at its highest in Virginia, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
- Rain that fell: 1.5 to 2 in at its highest in Virginia, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
- Rivers: 25 gauges in flood in Virginia, by NWS’s lists read . Moderate flooding Atlantic Coast at Anheuser Busch Coastal Res. Center (MLLW), VA. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 7.6 ft at · below flood stage (7 ft) by : moderate flooding. And 24 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.
Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker
On the Briefing’s map
- Flash-flood risk WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a chance, in four categories
- Expected rain WPC’s 24-hour rain forecast, in inches
- Rain that fell MRMS’s radar estimate for the past 24 or 72 hours
River, coastal and lake gauges in Virginia
25 gauges in flood in Virginia, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.
Moderate flooding 7
- Forecast: moderate flooding Atlantic Coast at Anheuser Busch Coastal Res. Center (MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 7.6 ft at · below flood stage (7 ft) by : moderate flooding
- Forecast: moderate flooding Nassawadox Creek at Bayford (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.8 ft at · below flood stage (3 ft) by : moderate flooding
- Forecast: moderate flooding James River (VA) at Jamestown/Scotland Ferry (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 4.7 ft at · below flood stage (4 ft) by : moderate flooding
- Forecast: moderate flooding Chesapeake Bay at Kiptopeke (IN MLLW), VAObserved 4.02 ft at : action stageForecast issued · crest 5 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
- Forecast: moderate flooding Little Creek, VAObserved 4.22 ft at : action stageForecast issued · crest 5.3 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
- Forecast: moderate flooding Lynnhaven River at Lynnhaven Inlet (IN MLLW), VAObserved 4.65 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · crest 5.4 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
- Forecast: moderate flooding Pagan River at Smithfield Station (IN MLLW), VAObserved 3.28 ft at : action stageForecast issued · crest 4.3 ft at · below flood stage (3.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
Minor flooding 18
- Forecast: minor flooding Chesapeake Bay at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.3 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Chincoteague Channel at Chincoteague Bay Inlet (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Eastern Branch Elizabeth River, VAObserved 5.12 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · highest 5.7 ft at : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding James River (VA) at Fort Monroe (IN MLLW), VAObserved 4.65 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · highest 5.4 ft at : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Hampton River at Hampton, VAObserved 4.85 ft at : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding James River, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 5.3 ft at : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Knitting Mill Creek, VAObserved 4.94 ft at : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Potomac River at Lewisetta (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 3.3 ft at : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Long Creek Canal, VAObserved 4.02 ft at : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Elizabeth River at Money Point (IN MLLW), VAObserved 5.18 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · highest 5.7 ft at : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Elizabeth River at Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW), VAObserved 5.06 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · highest 5.7 ft at : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Chesapeake Bay at Port Isobel/Tangier Island (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.6 ft at · below flood stage (3.25 ft) by : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding James River (VA) at Sewell's Point (IN MLLW), VAObserved 4.63 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · crest 5.2 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Nansemond River at Suffolk (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.9 ft at · below flood stage (5.5 ft) by : minor flooding
- Observed: minor flooding Elizabeth River at the Midtown Tunnel (in MLLW), VAObserved 5.07 ft at : minor floodingForecast issued · highest 5.7 ft at : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding York River at West Point (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.4 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Chesapeake Bay at Windmill Point (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.3 ft at · below flood stage (3 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Chesapeake Bay at Yorktown (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 4.5 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 10
Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.
- Forecast: action stage Potomac River at Alexandria, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 3 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Upper Machodoc Creek at Dahlgren (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 3.1 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Elizabeth River, VAObserved 4.97 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Jones Creek, VAObserved 2.7 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Little Neck Creek at Pinewood Rd in Virginia Beach (MLLW), VAObserved 3.92 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Ragged Island Creek, VAObserved 2.08 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Ware River at Schley (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 4.4 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Rappahannock River at Tappahannock (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 3.1 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Atlantic Coast at Wachapreague (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 6.7 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Piankatank River at Wharf Creek near Hudgins VA, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 2.9 ft at : action stage
A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.
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