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Coastal Flood Statement 47, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 4, 2017Accomack County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 4, 2017, 3:56 AM EDT for Accomack County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Nov 4, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 4, 2017, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 4, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Nov 4, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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 Nov 4, 3:52 AM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 3:52 AM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 4, 3:17 AM EDT, 39 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
Nov 3, 9:43 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Northampton, York, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson	6 hr
Nov 4, 3:56 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Northampton, York, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson	8 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2017 Coastal Flood Statements in North Carolina, 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.