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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 6, 2018City of Suffolk, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT for City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2018, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County City of Suffolk, VA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:55 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:13 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:49 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:51 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:12 PM EDT, 0 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
Jul 6, 3:54 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		4 days
Jul 6, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		95 min
Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Middlesex	50 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	27 min
Jul 6, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	66 min
Jul 6, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	62 min
Jul 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		85 min
Jul 6, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		40 min
Jul 6, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	60 min
Jul 6, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		76 min
Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	44 min
Jul 6, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	56 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		85 min
Jul 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		97 min
Jul 6, 3:41 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	3 days
Jul 6, 3:41 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	3 days
Jul 6, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		63 min
Jul 6, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	41 min
Jul 6, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	9 min
Jul 6, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	46 min
Jul 6, 4:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Suffolk	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	49 min
Jul 6, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, Sussex, City of Petersburg	40 min
Jul 6, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	50 min
Jul 6, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex	42 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	38 min
Jul 6, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	52 min
Jul 6, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	44 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	45 min
Jul 6, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	46 min
Jul 6, 6:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	5 hr
Jul 6, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	50 min
Jul 6, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	49 min
Jul 6, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	38 min
Jul 6, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico	49 min
Jul 6, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	41 min
Jul 6, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, Prince Edward	51 min
Jul 6, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	48 min
Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Worcester	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	45 min
Jul 6, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	47 min
Jul 6, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan	50 min
Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	45 min
Jul 6, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	48 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.