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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2014, 5:03 PM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2014, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County City of Virginia Beach, VA
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 18, 4:06 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 4:06 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:14 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 18, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Sussex, City of Emporia | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 2 more | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Surry | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Aug 18, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent, Surry, City of Williamsburg | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 45 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 41 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 96 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 54 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Gates | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 55 min |
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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.