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Coastal Flood Statement 9, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 7, 2013Northumberland County, Westmoreland County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 7, 2013, 6:05 AM EDT for Northumberland County, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It took effect at Oct 7, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2013, 6:05 AM EDT (10:05 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 7, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Northumberland County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood 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 coastal flood statement went out at Oct 7, 4:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 4:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 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
Oct 7, 10:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Lunenburg and 4 more	69 min
Oct 7, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Cumberland, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa and 4 more	41 min
Oct 7, 11:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Hanover, Henrico and 2 more	64 min
Oct 7, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia	40 min
Oct 7, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	53 min
Oct 7, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	44 min
Oct 7, 6:05 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	15 hr
Oct 7, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	56 min
Oct 7, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	24 min

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2013 Every coastal flood statement in 2013

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.