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Gale Warning 9, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 5, 2013

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Mar 5, 2013, 4:17 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 6, 2013, 3:49 AM EST. It was in force for 69 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2013, 4:17 AM EST (09:17 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2013, 3:49 AM EST
Expired: Mar 9, 2013, 12:59 AM EST
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Mar 5, 4:00 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 4:00 AM EST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 4:08 AM EST, 9 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 4, 11:43 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		4 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 AM EST	Gale Watch	AKQ		10 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		35 hr
Mar 5, 2:54 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	48 hr
Mar 5, 3:26 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Fluvanna, Goochland	23 hr

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Sources

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