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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 1:48 PM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2015, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Isle of Wight County, VA
The radar
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The text
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</html>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 7, 10:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 10:44 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 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 |
| Aug 7, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 43 min |
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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.