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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 4, 20154 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Mar 4, 2015, 2:33 PM EST for 4 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Mar 5, 2015, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2015, 2:33 PM EST (19:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 5, 2015, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 5, 2015, 9:48 PM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Caroline County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 4, 2:02 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 2:02 PM EST, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 10:05 AM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 8:53 AM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 4, 11:06 AM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 1:36 AM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryAKQ11 hr
Mar 4, 3:48 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ3 days
Mar 4, 1:05 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Mar 4, 2:33 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 26 more34 hr
Mar 4, 9:48 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQDorchester, Wicomico5 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2015Every winter storm warning 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.