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Small Craft Advisory 40, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 2, 2012

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 2, 2012, 3:47 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 9:42 AM EST. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2012, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2012, 9:42 AM EST
Expired: Mar 4, 2012, 3:55 AM EST
In force: 42 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 Mar 2, 1:32 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 1:32 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 12:02 AM EST, 3 hours 45 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
Mar 2, 1:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	43 min
Mar 2, 2:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Sussex	41 min
Mar 2, 2:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway	50 min
Mar 2, 3:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry, Sussex	29 min
Mar 2, 3:34 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent and 7 more	41 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan	25 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Prince George and 10 more	64 min
Mar 2, 4:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King William, New Kent, City of Richmond	31 min
Mar 2, 4:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Hanover, King William, Powhatan, City of Richmond	64 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 3 more	30 min
Mar 2, 6:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent	37 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.