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Gale Warning 12, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 25, 2016

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Feb 25, 2016, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 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 25, 2016, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 3 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 25, 7:13 AM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 7:13 AM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 6:52 AM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 25, 8:33 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 8:35 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 8:37 AM EST, 1 hour 23 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 24, 7:01 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent and 3 more	44 min
Feb 24, 7:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	39 min
Feb 24, 7:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	30 min
Feb 24, 7:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, King William, New Kent	36 min
Feb 24, 7:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin	31 min
Feb 24, 7:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	35 min
Feb 24, 7:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 2 more	35 min
Feb 24, 7:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more	53 min
Feb 24, 8:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	25 min
Feb 24, 8:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond	37 min
Feb 24, 8:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent and 1 more	32 min
Feb 24, 8:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	32 min
Feb 24, 8:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	37 min
Feb 24, 8:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		32 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	15 min
Feb 24, 8:44 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min
Feb 24, 8:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex	11 min
Feb 24, 8:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk	30 min
Feb 24, 8:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Poquoson	26 min
Feb 24, 9:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 2 more	44 min
Feb 24, 9:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	36 min
Feb 24, 10:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	23 min
Feb 25, 12:59 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		51 hr
Feb 25, 1:00 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		15 hr
Feb 24, 7:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton	36 min
Feb 24, 7:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	47 min
Feb 24, 8:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	41 min

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2016 Every gale warning 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.