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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 8, 2008Fluvanna County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 2:42 AM EDT for Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 8, 2008, 2:42 AM EDT (06:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2008, 3:14 AM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Fluvanna County, VA

The radar

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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 8, 12:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 12:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 12:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:24 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:59 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:33 AM EDT, 9 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 7, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway	26 min
Jul 8, 12:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	52 min
Jul 8, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	50 min
Jul 8, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, Surry, Sussex	38 min
Jul 8, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	49 min
Jul 8, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, City of Petersburg	45 min
Jul 8, 2:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	46 min
Jul 8, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Jul 8, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Prince George, Surry, Sussex	48 min
Jul 8, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Mathews, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	63 min
Jul 8, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	46 min
Jul 8, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		116 min
Jul 8, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, James City, New Kent, Prince George	52 min
Jul 8, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	44 min
Jul 8, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond	56 min
Jul 8, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	43 min
Jul 8, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		2 hr
Jul 8, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	61 min
Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	54 min
Jul 8, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		94 min
Jul 8, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		2 hr
Jul 8, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland	23 min
Jul 8, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		29 min
Jul 8, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	48 min
Jul 8, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	64 min
Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more	62 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.