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Gale Warning 25, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 17, 2009

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Dec 17, 2009, 3:21 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 19, 2009, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2009, 3:21 PM EST (20:21 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 20, 2009, 3:13 AM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Dec 17, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 26 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
Dec 17, 9:56 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 hr
Dec 17, 12:55 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		6 hr
Dec 17, 3:21 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Mathews, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	24 hr
Dec 17, 3:53 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 27 more	20 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Every gale warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.