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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 6, 20068 counties in Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2006, 4:07 AM EDT for 8 counties in Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Oct 6, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2006, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 6, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 7, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Oct 6, 3:25 AM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 3:25 AM EDT, 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 3:40 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 20 more	26 hr
Oct 6, 12:14 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 2 more	51 hr

Nearby

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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.