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Coastal Flood Statement 8, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 5, 201611 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 5, 2016, 5:11 PM EDT for 11 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2016, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2016, 8:42 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, James City County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 Apr 4, 6:52 PM EDT, 22 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:52 PM EDT, 22 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:28 AM EDTFreeze WarningAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more30 hr
Apr 5, 6:40 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ3 days
Apr 5, 6:43 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryAKQCity of Virginia Beach14 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2016Coastal Flood Statements in North Carolina, 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.