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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2008, 6:53 AM EDT for Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 52 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
- Aug 10, 2008, 6:53 AM EDT (10:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2008, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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 Aug 10, 4:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 4:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:41 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 10, 3:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 24 hr | |
| Aug 10, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 51 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 92 min | |
| Aug 10, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 116 min | |
| Aug 10, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 54 min | |
| Aug 10, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 86 min | |
| Aug 10, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 57 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 66 min | |
| Aug 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 97 min | |
| Aug 10, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 57 min |
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.