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Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 8, 20167 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Feb 8, 2016, 10:06 PM EST for 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 8, 2016, 10:06 PM EST (03:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 2016, 4:41 AM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Mathews County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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 Feb 8, 7:54 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 7:54 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 7:36 PM EST, 2 hours 30 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
Feb 9, 4:18 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		66 hr
Feb 9, 8:10 AM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more	11 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2016 Every 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.