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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, Virginia. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 12, 2018, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County City of Chesapeake, VA
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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 Aug 12, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:43 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 11, 8:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Caroline | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Westmoreland | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 3:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Richmond | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hanover, City of Richmond | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Richmond, Westmoreland | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, Sussex and 4 more | 56 min |
| Aug 12, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | King William, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, City of Williamsburg | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, New Kent, Prince George and 3 more | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Surry, Sussex | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, York and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 95 min | |
| Aug 11, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Talbot | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 57 min |
| Aug 11, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 1:51 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 6:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 64 min |
| Aug 12, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 53 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.