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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 1, 200922 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 1, 2009, 4:06 AM EST for 22 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Mar 1, 2009, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 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, 4:06 AM EST (09:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 1, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 2, 2009, 10:50 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 26 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 Feb 28, 9:26 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:26 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:54 PM EST, 12 hours 12 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, 3:25 AM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		37 hr
Mar 1, 4:06 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 6 more	12 hr
Mar 1, 3:44 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 8 more	19 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2009 Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 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.