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Gale Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 29, 2015

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Jan 29, 2015, 4:02 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 30, 2015, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 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: Jan 29, 2015, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2015, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2015, 9:51 AM EST
In force: 30 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 Jan 29, 1:15 AM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 1:15 AM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 3:23 AM EST, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 28, 10:13 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	3 hr
Jan 29, 4:02 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ	66 hr
Jan 29, 3:43 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	AKQ	42 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2015 Every gale warning in 2015

Sources

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