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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 29, 2007City of Suffolk, Virginia; Gates County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2007, 6:48 PM EDT for City of Suffolk, Virginia; Gates County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2007, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gates County, NC, City of Suffolk, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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 severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 29, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 10:22 AM EDT, 8 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:02 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:04 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:07 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:27 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:29 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDT, 12 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
Jul 29, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hanover, Henrico	49 min
Jul 29, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, Westmoreland	51 min
Jul 29, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	51 min
Jul 29, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Richmond	49 min
Jul 29, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northumberland	28 min
Jul 29, 4:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 29, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Suffolk	3 hr
Jul 29, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	James City, York, City of Williamsburg	50 min
Jul 29, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Newport News	45 min
Jul 29, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Surry	42 min
Jul 29, 6:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	James City, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News	3 hr
Jul 29, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Louisa	53 min
Jul 29, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, City of Hopewell	47 min
Jul 29, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		115 min
Jul 29, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond	42 min
Jul 29, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	King William, New Kent	50 min
Jul 29, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Prince George, City of Petersburg	34 min
Jul 29, 7:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, Prince George	3 hr
Jul 29, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		66 min
Jul 29, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	King William	24 min
Jul 29, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	3 hr
Jul 29, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Wicomico	51 min
Jul 29, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	40 min
Jul 29, 3:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico	3 hr
Jul 29, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Worcester	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2007 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.