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Coastal Flood Statement 22, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 17, 201616 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 17, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT for 16 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It took effect at Sep 17, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 17, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2016, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Accomack County, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Surry County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 coastal flood 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 coastal flood statement went out at Sep 16, 7:29 PM EDT, 9 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 7:29 PM EDT, 9 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 5:00 AM EDTRip Current StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach15 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2016Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2016Every coastal flood statement in 2016

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.