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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 3, 2016Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this high surf advisory at Mar 3, 2016, 3:23 PM EST for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Mar 4, 2016, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2016, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2016, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 5, 2016, 3:17 AM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:58 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ39 hr
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, 3:28 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

High Surf Advisories in Virginia, 2016High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2016High Surf Advisories in Maryland, 2016Every high surf advisory 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.