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Gale Warning 15, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 4, 2014

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Jul 4, 2014, 3:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 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
Jul 4, 2014, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2014, 12:42 PM EDT
In force
10 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 Jul 4, 2:28 AM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:28 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 2:19 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1044 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NCZ012-013-030-031-040330-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-HERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON-
1044 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHAMPTON...BERTIE...
CHOWAN AND HERTFORD COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...

AT 1044 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WAKELON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WINDSOR...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TRAP AT 1050 PM EDT...
POWELLSVILLE AT 1100 PM EDT...EARLEYS AT 1110 PM EDT...POOR TOWN AT
1115 PM EDT...MILLENNIUM AT 1120 PM EDT...SAINT JOHN AT 1125 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

LAT...LON 3600 7721 3601 7722 3606 7733 3608 7733
      3611 7724 3616 7729 3616 7731 3622 7739
      3643 7709 3609 7671 3599 7667 3596 7671
      3595 7671 3587 7677

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:22 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:29 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:48 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:59 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:07 AM EDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 1:02 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach28 min
Jul 4, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach28 min
Jul 4, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ41 min
Jul 4, 2:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach46 min
Jul 4, 2:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ44 min
Jul 4, 2:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, James City, New Kent, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and 2 more57 min
Jul 4, 2:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Northampton31 min
Jul 4, 3:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 2 more53 min
Jul 4, 3:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, James City, Middlesex, New Kent, Prince George, Southampton and 3 more26 min
Jul 4, 4:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen and 15 more60 min
Jul 4, 4:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach60 min
Jul 4, 5:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Southampton and 2 more57 min
Jul 4, 5:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach74 min
Jul 4, 6:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 7 more50 min
Jul 4, 7:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Mathews, Northampton, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 4 more55 min
Jul 4, 7:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Lancaster, Mathews, Northampton, Northumberland, York and 4 more62 min
Jul 4, 8:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach64 min
Jul 4, 2:00 PM EDTGale WarningAKQ119 min
Jul 3, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie56 min
Jul 3, 10:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans23 min
Jul 3, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie46 min
Jul 3, 10:46 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Hertford30 min
Jul 3, 10:47 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans28 min
Jul 4, 5:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more51 min
Jul 4, 6:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck53 min
Jul 3, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester37 min
Jul 3, 9:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQDorchester3 hr
Jul 3, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester45 min
Jul 4, 12:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQDorchester3 hr
Jul 4, 5:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester71 min
Jul 4, 6:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester, Wicomico, Worcester59 min

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.