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Small Craft Advisory 61, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 13, 2016

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at May 13, 2016, 3:28 PM EDT. It took effect at May 14, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2016, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2016, 3:16 AM EDT
In force: 32 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 May 13, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 1:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 2:57 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 3:12 PM EDT, 16 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
May 12, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	40 min
May 12, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	42 min
May 13, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	48 min
May 13, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	33 min
May 13, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	43 min
May 13, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	49 min
May 13, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico	37 min
May 13, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Colonial Heights	30 min
May 13, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	55 min
May 13, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Petersburg	42 min
May 13, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester	55 min
May 12, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	49 min
May 13, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Pasquotank	39 min
May 13, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank	41 min

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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.