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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 26, 20127 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this freeze warning at Mar 26, 2012, 2:35 PM EDT for 7 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 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 26, 2012, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 27, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 27, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Amelia County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 25, 4:03 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 4:03 PM EDT, 22 hours 32 minutes before

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Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2012 Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2012 Every freeze 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.