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Small Craft Advisory 100, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 27, 2012

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Aug 27, 2012, 7:11 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 27, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2012, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 27, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 28, 2012, 12:53 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 27, 3:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 3:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 5:00 AM EDT, 14 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 1:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 3:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 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
Aug 26, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen, Middlesex	41 min
Aug 26, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	45 min
Aug 27, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	30 min
Aug 27, 2:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland	64 min
Aug 27, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	28 min
Aug 27, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	29 min
Aug 27, 5:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	41 min
Aug 27, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	29 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.