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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 2, 2012King William County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 3:25 PM EDT for King William County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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: Aug 2, 2012, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County King William County, VA

The radar

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	43 min
Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Hopewell	38 min
Aug 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	35 min
Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville	36 min
Aug 2, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William	31 min
Aug 2, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Sussex	25 min
Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond	38 min
Aug 2, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry	63 min
Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	36 min
Aug 2, 4:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond	53 min
Aug 2, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		96 min
Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, City of Williamsburg	47 min
Aug 2, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico	36 min
Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, City of Richmond	34 min
Aug 2, 4:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex	74 min
Aug 2, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	72 min
Aug 2, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk	39 min
Aug 2, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	39 min
Aug 2, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	40 min
Aug 2, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	35 min
Aug 2, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northumberland	30 min
Aug 2, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more	46 min
Aug 2, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		83 min
Aug 2, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	49 min
Aug 2, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	37 min
Aug 2, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		83 min
Aug 2, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	34 min
Aug 2, 6:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	93 min
Aug 2, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	39 min
Aug 2, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	37 min
Aug 2, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	23 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.