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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 7, 201236 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 7, 2012, 3:19 AM EDT for 36 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Jul 7, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 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: Jul 7, 2012, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 7, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 7, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 49 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, 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, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 7, 3:02 AM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:02 AM EDT, 17 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
Jul 7, 3:19 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 20 more	24 hr
Jul 6, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	50 min
Jul 6, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	42 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Virginia, 2012 Excessive Heat Warnings in North Carolina, 2012 Excessive Heat Warnings in Maryland, 2012 Every excessive heat warning in 2012

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.