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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 2:50 AM EDT for 12 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 25 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 6, 2015, 2:50 AM EDT (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2015, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Surry County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 6, 2:16 AM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:16 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 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 6, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico and 7 more | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Hanover, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 3 more | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent and 2 more | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 78 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Mathews, Northampton | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 74 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 37 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 33 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Richmond | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, City of Emporia | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Portsmouth | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Petersburg | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 19 min |
| Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 2 hr |
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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.