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Coastal Flood Statement 46, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 13, 201811 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 13, 2018, 5:52 AM EDT for 11 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Oct 13, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2018, 5:52 AM EDT (09:52 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 13, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 13, 2018, 2:58 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 Oct 12, 4:02 PM EDT, 13 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 4:02 PM EDT, 13 hours 50 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
Oct 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 7 more	16 hr
Oct 13, 11:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia	55 hr
Oct 13, 3:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Caroline	12 hr
Oct 13, 3:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	King and Queen, King William	12 hr
Oct 13, 5:52 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	9 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2018 Every coastal flood statement in 2018

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.