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High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 6, 2014Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this high surf advisory at Dec 6, 2014, 5:08 PM EST for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Dec 7, 2014, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2014, 5:08 PM EST (22:08 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2014, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 10, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
In force
70 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Dec 6, 3:25 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 3:25 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 4:12 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ51 hr
Dec 6, 2:20 PM ESTWind AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach24 hr
Dec 6, 5:08 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQNorthampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach19 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Virginia, 2014High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2014High Surf Advisories in Maryland, 2014Every high surf advisory in 2014

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.