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Coastal Flood Statement 11, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 25, 20176 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 25, 2017, 4:29 AM EDT for 6 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It took effect at Apr 25, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2017, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 25, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 25, 2017, 4:44 PM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Gloucester County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Apr 25, 4:09 AM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 4:09 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 4:17 AM EDT, 12 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
Apr 25, 4:29 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 2 more	10 hr
Apr 25, 7:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	45 min
Apr 25, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	47 min
Apr 25, 9:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond	29 min
Apr 25, 12:36 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		15 hr
Apr 25, 4:44 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland, City of Virginia Beach	10 hr
Apr 25, 4:44 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Surry and 5 more	9 hr
Apr 25, 5:10 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	33 hr
Apr 25, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Emporia	41 min
Apr 25, 5:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans	45 min
Apr 25, 6:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford	41 min
Apr 25, 6:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	51 min
Apr 25, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	45 min
Apr 25, 4:44 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	12 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2017 Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2017 Every coastal flood statement in 2017

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.