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Gale Warning 20, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 8, 2018

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Dec 8, 2018, 4:02 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 9, 2018, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 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: Dec 8, 2018, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 9, 2018, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 10, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 18 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 Dec 8, 1:11 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 1:11 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 4:38 PM EST, 11 hours 24 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
Dec 8, 4:02 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		24 hr
Dec 8, 4:02 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		4 days
Dec 8, 11:29 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 27 more	41 hr
Dec 8, 2:50 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover and 5 more	13 hr
Dec 8, 2:50 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Caroline, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen and 15 more	37 hr
Dec 8, 3:15 PM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	37 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Every gale warning in 2018

Sources

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