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Small Craft Advisory 9, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 21, 2017

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 21, 2017, 3:59 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 22, 2017, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2017, 3:59 PM EST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 25, 2017, 3:23 AM EST
In force
56 hr
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 21, 3:01 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 3:01 PM EST, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 2:43 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
243 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-
093-095>100-509>525-221945-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-EASTERN CURRITUCK-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-
MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-
ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
ACCOMACK-WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-
EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)-
WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND)-EASTERN HENRICO-
WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-
EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
243 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST
MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

AREAS OF FOG WILL ACCOMPANY THE RAIN TONIGHT, REDUCING VISIBILITIES
AT TIMES. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

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

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A
COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 4:47 AM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryAKQ11 hr
Jan 21, 6:04 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryAKQ37 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.