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High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 24, 2017Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this high surf advisory at Apr 24, 2017, 4:56 AM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Apr 25, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2017, 4:56 AM EDT (08:56 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 25, 2017, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

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

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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 high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Apr 24, 4:08 AM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 4:08 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 4:44 AM EDTGale WarningAKQ32 hr
Apr 24, 4:56 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQSurry, City of Chesapeake8 hr
Apr 24, 8:16 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ7 hr
Apr 24, 3:17 PM EDTWind AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach21 hr
Apr 24, 5:05 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQAccomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 10 more10 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Virginia, 2017High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2017High Surf Advisories in Maryland, 2017Every high surf advisory 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.