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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 1, 2012Lunenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT for Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 42 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: May 1, 2012, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Lunenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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 May 1, 7:14 AM EDT, 8 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:14 AM EDT, 8 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:36 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 4:03 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
May 1, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	66 min
May 1, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	51 min
May 1, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	37 min
May 1, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	40 min
May 1, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg	47 min
May 1, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Emporia	43 min
May 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	41 min
May 1, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	41 min
May 1, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	53 min
May 1, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	41 min
May 1, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton	25 min
May 1, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	51 min
May 1, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		89 min
May 1, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	55 min
May 1, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	34 min
May 1, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	32 min
May 1, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	49 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.