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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2015, 8:21 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
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The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2015, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Mecklenburg County, VA
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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 Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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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.
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 807 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 VAZ080-081-514-170045- EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- 807 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHESTERFIELD... NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE...NORTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE...SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF HOPEWELL...CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND CITY OF PETERSBURG COUNTIES... AT 807 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER MATOACA...OR OVER VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY...FORT LEE...PRINCE GEORGE...MATOACA...ETTRICK... ADDISON...RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE...PRINCE GEORGE GOLF...NEW BOHEMIA... TEMPLETON AND PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD. LAT...LON 3721 7758 3733 7748 3722 7718 3706 7732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 300DEG 18KT 3725 7747 JM
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
821 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
VAZ065-170100-
MECKLENBURG-
821 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG
COUNTY...
AT 821 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER DRYBURG...OR 7 MILES
EAST OF SOUTH BOSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSVILLE...BUFFALO SPRINGS...NELSON AND BUFFALO JUNCTION.
LAT...LON 3658 7872 3664 7871 3667 7870 3668 7870
3668 7869 3669 7865 3664 7858 3664 7856
3670 7865 3678 7858 3675 7847 3654 7860
3654 7868 3657 7873
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 298DEG 15KT 3672 7876
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 95 min | |
| Jun 16, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 32 min |
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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.