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Small Craft Advisory 116, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 15, 2012

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Oct 15, 2012, 3:21 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 15, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 15, 2012, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 15, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 16, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 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 Oct 15, 3:19 AM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 3:19 AM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 3:58 AM EDT, 23 hours 23 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
Oct 15, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex	45 min
Oct 15, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, City of Williamsburg	29 min
Oct 15, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews	26 min
Oct 15, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 1 more	54 min
Oct 15, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
Oct 15, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		109 min
Oct 15, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	48 min
Oct 15, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	31 min
Oct 15, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	46 min
Oct 15, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford	40 min
Oct 15, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	33 min

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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.