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Coastal Flood Statement 47, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 13, 2018Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 13, 2018, 5:52 AM EDT for Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It took effect at Oct 13, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

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, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2018, 2:58 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD

The radar

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 5:52 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Westmoreland and 5 more9 hr
Oct 13, 5:52 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 7 more16 hr
Oct 13, 11:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, City of Emporia55 hr
Oct 13, 3:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQCaroline12 hr
Oct 13, 3:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William12 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2018Every 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.