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Small Craft Advisory 30, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 3, 2016

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Mar 3, 2016, 3:58 AM EST. It took effect at Mar 4, 2016, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

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 7, 2016, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory 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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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 4:12 PM EST, 11 hours 46 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
Mar 3, 3:58 AM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		39 hr
Mar 3, 4:22 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna and 12 more	11 hr
Mar 3, 3:17 PM EST	Storm Warning	AKQ		19 hr
Mar 3, 3:18 PM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Northampton, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 1 more	21 hr
Mar 3, 3:23 PM EST	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	36 hr
Mar 3, 3:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Hanover and 14 more	19 hr
Mar 3, 3:28 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Gloucester and 15 more	19 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.