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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 4, 201016 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2010, 4:04 PM EST for 16 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 35 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: Feb 4, 2010, 4:04 PM EST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2010, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2010, 5:54 PM EST
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 4, 4:04 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 4:04 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 8:04 AM EST, 8 hours 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
Feb 4, 3:21 PM EST	Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 8 more	37 hr
Feb 4, 4:04 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	23 hr
Feb 4, 4:07 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Mathews, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	60 hr
Feb 4, 4:07 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		30 hr
Feb 4, 4:07 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		10 hr
Feb 4, 4:07 PM EST	Storm Watch	AKQ		10 hr
Feb 4, 6:06 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2010 Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2010 Every winter storm warning in 2010

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.