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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
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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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 | Gale Warning | AKQ | 4 days | |
| 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 |
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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.