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Gale Warning 11, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 24, 2016

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Feb 24, 2016, 4:17 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 10:52 AM EST. It was in force for 17 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
Feb 24, 2016, 4:17 AM EST (09:17 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2016, 10:52 AM EST
Expired
Feb 25, 2016, 3:51 AM EST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Feb 24, 3:46 AM EST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:46 AM EST, 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 4:16 AM EST, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 7:17 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryAKQ15 hr
Feb 24, 8:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQBrunswick53 hr
Feb 24, 10:13 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond65 hr
Feb 24, 12:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland, Prince Edward39 min
Feb 24, 1:02 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland18 hr
Feb 24, 1:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton, City of Emporia50 min
Feb 24, 2:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Surry, Sussex25 min
Feb 24, 2:37 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Williamsburg23 min
Feb 24, 2:56 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent34 min
Feb 24, 3:11 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan23 min
Feb 24, 3:24 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Suffolk36 min
Feb 24, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ46 min
Feb 24, 3:31 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach29 min
Feb 24, 3:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ50 min
Feb 24, 3:51 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQPrince Edward27 min
Feb 24, 3:54 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews, York, City of Poquoson36 min
Feb 24, 3:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Norfolk16 min
Feb 24, 4:02 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ43 min
Feb 24, 4:08 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ37 min
Feb 24, 4:08 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQFluvanna37 min
Feb 24, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg23 min
Feb 24, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland35 min
Feb 24, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward32 min
Feb 24, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa28 min
Feb 24, 4:39 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg36 min
Feb 24, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward34 min
Feb 24, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa28 min
Feb 24, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward26 min
Feb 24, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAccomack39 min
Feb 24, 5:04 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward26 min
Feb 24, 5:11 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway34 min
Feb 24, 5:22 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan23 min
Feb 24, 5:28 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan32 min
Feb 24, 5:32 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Mecklenburg, Sussex43 min
Feb 24, 5:34 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway41 min
Feb 24, 5:39 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa36 min
Feb 24, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond38 min
Feb 24, 5:58 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover32 min
Feb 24, 6:06 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, City of Petersburg39 min
Feb 24, 6:11 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia34 min
Feb 24, 6:14 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William46 min
Feb 24, 6:35 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent, Prince George, City of Hopewell40 min
Feb 24, 6:38 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland37 min
Feb 24, 6:45 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex30 min
Feb 24, 6:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex24 min
Feb 24, 2:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie49 min
Feb 24, 2:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGates, Hertford38 min
Feb 24, 3:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChowan, Gates, Hertford29 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.