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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 5, 2013Caroline County, Fluvanna County, Goochland County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 5, 2013, 3:26 PM EST for Caroline County, Fluvanna County, Goochland County, Virginia. It took effect at Mar 6, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 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, 3:26 PM EST (20:26 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 6, 2013, 2:44 PM EST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Caroline County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 5, 2:32 PM EST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 2:32 PM EST, 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 11:43 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ4 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 AM ESTGale WatchAKQ10 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ4 days
Mar 5, 4:17 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ35 hr
Mar 5, 2:54 PM ESTCoastal Flood WarningAKQAccomack, Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach48 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2013Every winter storm warning 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.