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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 6, 201747 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 6, 2017, 3:45 AM EST for 47 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Jan 6, 2017, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 6, 2017, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2017, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 7, 2017, 6:58 PM EST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 60 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 6, 12:43 AM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 12:43 AM EST, 3 hours 2 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
Jan 6, 3:45 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more	54 hr
Jan 6, 3:53 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 days
Jan 6, 2:59 PM EST	Blizzard Warning	AKQ	Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Virginia Beach	28 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2017 Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2017 Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2017 Every winter storm warning 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.