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Gale Warning 5, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 11, 2014

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Feb 11, 2014, 5:00 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 12, 2014, 5:59 AM EST. It was in force for 45 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: Feb 11, 2014, 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2014, 5:59 AM EST
Expired: Feb 14, 2014, 3:20 AM EST
In force: 45 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 Feb 11, 4:27 PM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 4:27 PM EST, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 3:58 PM EST, 1 hour 2 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
Feb 11, 3:58 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 days
Feb 11, 3:52 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 18 more	58 hr
Feb 11, 3:52 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Southampton and 5 more	37 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2014 Every gale warning in 2014

Sources

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