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Gale Warning 8, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 1, 2009

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Mar 1, 2009, 3:25 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 1, 2009, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 26 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: Mar 1, 2009, 3:25 AM EST (08:25 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 1, 2009, 3:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 2, 2009, 4:32 PM EST
In force: 26 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 Feb 28, 9:26 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:26 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:54 PM EST, 11 hours 31 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
Mar 1, 4:06 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 6 more	12 hr
Mar 1, 4:06 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 16 more	31 hr
Mar 1, 3:44 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 8 more	19 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.