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Small Craft Advisory 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 16, 2016

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 4:18 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 17, 2016, 6:53 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 16, 2016, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 17, 2016, 6:53 AM EST
Expired: Jan 20, 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 Jan 16, 4:00 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 4:00 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 3:51 PM EST, 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
351 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>085-090-509>522-172100-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-
LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-JAMES CITY-WESTERN LOUISA-
EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD-WESTERN HENRICO-EASTERN HENRICO-
WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-
EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
351 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF
VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF
CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING. ANY
ACCUMULATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND CONFINED TO THE GRASS AND
NON-PAVED SURFACES.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS OVERSPREADS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ086>089-092-093-095>100-523>525-172100-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
351 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER
BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH
HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE
PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS OVERSPREADS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 15, 7:03 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ	42 min
Jan 15, 11:47 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ	88 min
Jan 16, 12:06 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	AKQ	114 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.