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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 18, 200925 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2009, 4:08 AM EST for 25 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It took effect at Dec 18, 2009, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 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 18, 2009, 4:08 AM EST (09:08 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 18, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 20, 2009, 4:27 AM EST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 28 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville 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, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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 Dec 17, 10:02 PM EST, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 10:02 PM EST, 6 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 7:42 PM EST, 8 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, 10:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	4 hr
Dec 18, 4:03 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	58 hr
Dec 18, 12:13 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester and 21 more	40 hr
Dec 18, 3:05 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Mathews, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	24 hr
Dec 18, 4:16 PM EST	Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	20 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.