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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA
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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Special weather statement, Mar 4, 8:53 AM EST, 5 hours 40 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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| Mar 4, 1:36 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 11 hr | |
| Mar 4, 3:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 3 days | |
| Mar 4, 1:05 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr | |
| Mar 4, 2:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 26 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 5 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.