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Small Craft Advisory 76, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 12, 2018

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Oct 12, 2018, 7:10 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 12, 2018, 7:10 AM EDT (11:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Oct 12, 4:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 4:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 3:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 12, 1:13 AM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 12, 1:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 12, 1:33 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 12, 1:40 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 12, 1:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 12, 4:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 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 11, 8:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 9 more	6 hr
Oct 11, 8:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	3 hr
Oct 11, 8:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	6 hr
Oct 11, 9:49 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northumberland, Westmoreland	110 min
Oct 11, 9:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Buckingham, Fluvanna	47 hr
Oct 11, 9:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	66 hr
Oct 11, 9:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	67 hr
Oct 11, 9:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	31 hr
Oct 11, 9:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland and 2 more	6 hr
Oct 11, 10:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 2 more	12 hr
Oct 11, 11:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	12 hr
Oct 11, 11:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	6 hr
Oct 11, 11:39 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 2 more	5 hr
Oct 11, 11:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, City of Richmond	9 hr
Oct 12, 12:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	9 hr
Oct 12, 1:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico and 13 more	9 hr
Oct 12, 4:02 AM EDT	Gale Warning	AKQ		6 hr
Oct 12, 6:58 AM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		12 min
Oct 12, 9:40 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia	3 days
Oct 12, 10:16 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		12 hr
Oct 12, 12:14 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews	3 hr
Oct 11, 10:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	6 hr
Oct 11, 11:39 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	5 hr
Oct 12, 12:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	9 hr
Oct 12, 4:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	6 hr
Oct 12, 9:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.