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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 19, 20096 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 19, 2009, 3:11 PM EST for 6 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 19, 2009, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 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: Jan 19, 2009, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2009, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 20, 2009, 3:13 PM EST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Greensville County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 19, 1:08 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 1:08 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 10:24 AM EST, 4 hours 47 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
Jan 19, 2:15 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		62 hr
Jan 19, 4:10 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	11 hr
Jan 19, 5:00 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Brunswick, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews and 10 more	5 hr
Jan 19, 3:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville, James City and 16 more	24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009 Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.