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Small Craft Advisory 56, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 28, 2016

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 28, 2016, 3:59 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 29, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 50 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2016, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 29, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 1, 2016, 3:23 AM EDT
In force: 50 hr
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 Apr 28, 2:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 10:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 11:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
227 AM EDT THU APR 28 2016

NCZ012-013-030>032-280730-
HERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON-PERQUIMANS-BERTIE-CHOWAN-
227 AM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHOWAN...PERQUIMANS...
SOUTHWESTERN GATES...BERTIE...SOUTHEASTERN NORTHAMPTON AND HERTFORD
COUNTIES...

AT 226 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF HALIFAX TO NEAR COLUMBIA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AHOSKIE...WINDSOR...MURFREESBORO...HERTFORD...RICH SQUARE...AULANDER...
WINFALL...CHOWAN UNIVERSITY...RYLAND...CONWAY...WOODLAND...WINTON...
LEWISTON WOODVILLE...COFIELD...POWELLSVILLE...ROXOBEL...COLERAIN...
HARRELLSVILLE...SNUG HARBOR AND TYNER.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704 3593 7719
      3601 7721 3606 7733 3611 7723 3616 7726
      3621 7739 3632 7744 3633 7758 3650 7713
      3611 7619 3608 7641 3601 7651 3606 7662
      3601 7669 3588 7674 3588 7683 3581 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 253DEG 13KT 3633 7746 3590 7631

DEROSA

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:30 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
330 AM EDT THU APR 28 2016

NCZ030>032-280830-
PERQUIMANS-BERTIE-CHOWAN-
330 AM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CHOWAN...SOUTHWESTERN
PERQUIMANS...BERTIE AND SOUTHERN HERTFORD COUNTIES...

AT 330 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEWISTON WOODVILLE TO NEAR CAPE
COLONY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINDSOR...LEWISTON WOODVILLE...POWELLSVILLE...SNUG HARBOR...CAPE COLONY...
VALHALLA...MIDWAY...ASKEWVILLE...SAINT JOHNS...SOMERSET...WHITES
CROSSROADS...WOODARD...MACEDONIA...DRUMMOND POINT...GOOSE POND...MERRY
HILL...HANCOCK...MOUNT GOULD...CONNARITSA AND WAKELON.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3590 7692 3586 7704 3594 7704 3593 7719
      3601 7721 3606 7733 3611 7723 3614 7726
      3624 7697 3609 7637 3601 7651 3601 7658
      3606 7662 3604 7666 3593 7674 3595 7670
      3594 7669 3588 7674 3588 7683 3581 7688
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 252DEG 18KT 3611 7725 3596 7661

DEROSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	37 min
Apr 28, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	29 min
Apr 28, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	25 min
Apr 28, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	46 min
Apr 28, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, Louisa	44 min
Apr 27, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	42 min
Apr 28, 2:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie	5 hr
Apr 28, 2:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans	63 min
Apr 28, 3:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	60 min
Apr 28, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	39 min
Apr 28, 5:07 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	5 hr

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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.