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Gale Warning 15, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 3, 2016

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Mar 3, 2016, 3:58 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 4, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 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
Mar 3, 2016, 3:58 AM EST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 4, 2016, 7:24 PM EST
In force
15 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 Mar 2, 10:28 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 10:28 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:58 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ4 days
Mar 3, 4:22 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchAKQAmelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 12 more11 hr
Mar 3, 3:17 PM ESTStorm WarningAKQ19 hr
Mar 3, 3:18 PM ESTWind AdvisoryAKQNorthampton, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 1 more21 hr
Mar 3, 3:23 PM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach36 hr
Mar 3, 3:28 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningAKQAmelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Hanover and 14 more19 hr
Mar 3, 3:28 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Gloucester and 15 more19 hr

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.