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Small Craft Advisory 51, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 4, 2012

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 4, 2012, 4:08 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 5, 2012, 12:47 AM EDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2012, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2012, 12:47 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 66 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 Apr 4, 4:07 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 4:07 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT, 12 hours 14 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
Apr 4, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	33 min
Apr 4, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	51 min
Apr 4, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, Surry, City of Colonial Heights	47 min
Apr 4, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News	57 min
Apr 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	26 min
Apr 4, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	42 min
Apr 4, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	65 min
Apr 4, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford	58 min
Apr 4, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	40 min
Apr 4, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Gates	61 min
Apr 4, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	61 min
Apr 4, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	65 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.