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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 7, 2015Dorchester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 12:02 AM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 43 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 7, 2015, 12:02 AM EDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2015, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Dorchester County, MD

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The text

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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 Aug 6, 9:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 9:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:06 PM EDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
406 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-060>062-064-068-069-075>078-082>086-099-100-
509>522-072015-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-
GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-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-
406 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN
SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN
NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065>067-079>081-087>090-092-093-095>098-
523>525-072015-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-
NOTTOWAY-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-
JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
406 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER
BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA
AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 8:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:02 AM 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
Aug 6, 8:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Prince George and 5 more	117 min
Aug 6, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent	44 min
Aug 6, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Richmond	37 min
Aug 6, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster and 4 more	44 min
Aug 6, 10:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex and 3 more	34 min
Aug 6, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more	47 min
Aug 7, 4:31 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 days
Aug 7, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	27 min
Aug 7, 3:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	3 hr
Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	50 min
Aug 7, 4:37 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	26 hr
Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans	33 min
Aug 7, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Camden, Gates, Pasquotank	3 hr
Aug 6, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset	45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 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.