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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2009, 1:34 PM EDT for 6 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 31 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 2, 2009, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2009, 2:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Surry County, VA, York County, VA
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 2, 10:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 10:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:34 AM EDT, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 334 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 ANZ650-652-030745- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- 334 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ630>633-654-656-658-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049- 060>100-030745- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER- MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK- SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 334 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE THREATS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 11 hr | |
| Aug 2, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 62 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 97 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 86 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 66 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 94 min |
| Aug 2, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 87 min |
| Aug 2, 3:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 7:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 89 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.