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Small Craft Advisory 91, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 20, 2012

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Jul 20, 2012, 4:34 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 20, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2012, 4:34 AM EDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
Expired: Jul 22, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
In force: 35 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 Jul 20, 4:21 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 4:21 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:19 PM EDT, 12 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
419 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

NCZ012-013-030-102-VAZ060-065>071-079>083-087-202030-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-BERTIE-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-PRINCE EDWARD-
MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-
BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-
419 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER
BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND
THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM...WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 104
DEGREES ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY.

NCZ014>017-031-032-VAZ088>098-202030-
GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-SUSSEX-
SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
419 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED
THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM...WITH A FEW STORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY.

ANZ630>638-650-652-654-656-658-202030-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA-
CURRITUCK SOUND-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL-
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT-YORK RIVER-
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE-
JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE-
TUNNEL-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO
20 NM-
419 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER...THE EASTERN
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM...WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN WATERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY.

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-061>064-072>078-084>086-099-100-202030-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-KING WILLIAM-
KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
419 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN
SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN
NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM...WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 104
DEGREES ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY.

BMD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:15 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:54 PM EDT, 4 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
Jul 19, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	60 min
Jul 20, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	66 min
Jul 20, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	38 min
Jul 20, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	42 min
Jul 20, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	54 min
Jul 20, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	51 min
Jul 20, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	2 hr
Jul 20, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	60 min
Jul 20, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	54 min
Jul 20, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	64 min
Jul 20, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia	66 min
Jul 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia	56 min
Jul 20, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	59 min
Jul 20, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Washington	26 min
Jul 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford	42 min
Jul 20, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	66 min
Jul 20, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	43 min
Jul 20, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	43 min
Jul 20, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	63 min
Jul 19, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	51 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.