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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 21, 2012Greensville County, City of Emporia, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2012, 5:37 PM EDT for Greensville County, City of Emporia, Virginia. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2012, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties City of Emporia, VA, Greensville County, VA

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 21, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 4:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 3:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
355 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>091-099-100-222000-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-
MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-
KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
355 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN.

AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SOME LOCALLY DENSE
FOG POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ630>634-650-652-654-656-658-222000-
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-
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-
355 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
AND CURRITUCK SOUND.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ092>098-222000-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-SOUTHAMPTON-
ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
355 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SLOW MOVING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN.

PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL ENDS
LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

BMD

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 4:45 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:10 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
510 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

VAZ080-081-212145-
DINWIDDIE VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-
510 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY...

AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM NEAR RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE TO I 85 AND
ROUTE 460. THESE STORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AROUND 515 PM EDT.

EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. IF YOU HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO
A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3710 7724 3703 7739 3702 7753 3718 7754
      3723 7734

05

Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:13 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:37 PM EDT, 0 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 20, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	65 min
Mar 20, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	58 min
Mar 20, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	44 min
Mar 20, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	46 min
Mar 20, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Richmond	44 min
Mar 21, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	39 min
Mar 21, 5:36 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 14 more	4 hr
Mar 21, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville	59 min
Mar 21, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton	40 min
Mar 21, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York	30 min
Mar 21, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	28 min
Mar 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	23 min
Mar 21, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Williamsburg	56 min
Mar 21, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	55 min
Mar 21, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	53 min
Mar 21, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George	30 min
Mar 21, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City	13 min
Mar 21, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	26 min
Mar 21, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk	60 min
Mar 21, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Petersburg	35 min
Mar 21, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Emporia	62 min
Mar 21, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	62 min
Mar 21, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	59 min
Mar 21, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	23 min
Mar 21, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	55 min
Mar 21, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	30 min
Mar 21, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	28 min
Mar 21, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William	61 min
Mar 21, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	65 min
Mar 21, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	27 min
Mar 21, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.