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Gale Warning 16, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 20, 2018

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Oct 20, 2018, 3:06 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 20, 2018, 12:46 PM EDT. It was in force for 26 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: Oct 20, 2018, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 20, 2018, 12:46 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 21, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Oct 19, 8:39 PM EDT, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 8:39 PM EDT, 6 hours 27 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 20, 3:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		49 hr
Oct 20, 2:52 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Lancaster, Mathews, Northampton, Northumberland, City of Hampton and 1 more	20 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Every gale warning 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.