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Coastal Flood Statement 23, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 29, 2017Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Westmoreland County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at May 29, 2017, 4:39 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Northumberland County, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It took effect at May 30, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2017, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 30, 2017, 6:41 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

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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 May 29, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 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
May 28, 9:53 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland	10 hr
May 29, 4:39 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack, James City, Northampton, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake and 4 more	13 hr
May 29, 4:39 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews	9 hr
May 29, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond	43 min
May 29, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	39 min
May 29, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex	45 min
May 29, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	40 min
May 29, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond	39 min
May 29, 4:39 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.