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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 16, 2015Charles City County, James City County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2015, 7:21 PM EDT for Charles City County, James City County, Virginia. It was in force for 24 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: Jun 16, 2015, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Charles City County, VA, James City County, VA

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:40 AM EDT, 15 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
340 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015

NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093-095>098-
509>525-170745-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-WESTMORELAND-
RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA-
WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD-WESTERN HENRICO-EASTERN HENRICO-
WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-
EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
340 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS
VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF
VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ021>025-VAZ099-100-170745-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
340 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 96 TO 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ102-170745-
OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
340 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 98 TO 102 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:43 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:03 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:21 PM EDT, 0 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
Jun 15, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Richmond	34 min
Jun 15, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	33 min
Jun 15, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	31 min
Jun 15, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex	23 min
Jun 15, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	26 min
Jun 16, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	47 min
Jun 16, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	42 min
Jun 16, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	49 min
Jun 15, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	24 min
Jun 15, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	33 min
Jun 15, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	29 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2015 Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.