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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 23, 2012Chesterfield County, City of Richmond, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 23, 2012, 5:54 PM EDT for Chesterfield County, City of Richmond, Virginia. It was in force for 36 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 23, 2012, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 22, 7:05 PM EDT, 22 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 7:05 PM EDT, 22 hours 49 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 23, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	23 min
Mar 23, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	34 min
Mar 23, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	26 min
Mar 23, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	23 min
Mar 23, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	30 min
Mar 23, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	28 min
Mar 23, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.