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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 21, 2012Chowan County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT for Chowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 21, 2012, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Chowan County, NC

The radar

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The text

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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 Jul 21, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 2:42 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 1:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:36 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 2:49 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
Jul 20, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	60 min
Jul 20, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Surry, City of Williamsburg	39 min
Jul 20, 9:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City and 9 more	104 min
Jul 20, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more	64 min
Jul 20, 10:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell	43 min
Jul 20, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	66 min
Jul 20, 10:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mathews, Middlesex	100 min
Jul 20, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	35 min
Jul 21, 8:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	64 min
Jul 21, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	52 min
Jul 21, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews	65 min
Jul 21, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	60 min
Jul 21, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	54 min
Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex, York and 2 more	2 hr
Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		72 min
Jul 21, 2:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	106 min
Jul 21, 2:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	58 min
Jul 21, 2:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville, James City and 16 more	7 hr
Jul 21, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	69 min
Jul 21, 2:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	108 min
Jul 21, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min
Jul 21, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	56 min
Jul 21, 3:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton	56 min
Jul 21, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	51 min
Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 21, 4:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	112 min
Jul 21, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	59 min
Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, Prince George, Surry, York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 1 more	54 min
Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		32 min
Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	118 min
Jul 21, 7:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton	106 min
Jul 20, 8:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Northampton	45 min
Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	54 min
Jul 21, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	58 min
Jul 21, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	27 min
Jul 21, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	45 min
Jul 21, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	66 min
Jul 21, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	59 min
Jul 21, 6:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans	107 min
Jul 21, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	57 min
Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	53 min
Jul 21, 7:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	88 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 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.