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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 19, 2019Powhatan County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2019, 4:04 PM EDT for Powhatan County, Virginia. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 19, 2019, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2019, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Powhatan County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 19, 3:15 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:15 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:32 AM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:30 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:04 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
Jun 18, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	30 min
Jun 18, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		43 min
Jun 18, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	43 min
Jun 18, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia	41 min
Jun 19, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	30 min
Jun 19, 4:14 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		64 hr
Jun 19, 4:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	25 min
Jun 19, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	35 min
Jun 19, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	36 min
Jun 19, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	25 min
Jun 19, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	48 min
Jun 19, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, York	52 min
Jun 18, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	41 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck, Pasquotank	36 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	47 min
Jun 19, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	41 min
Jun 18, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	45 min
Jun 18, 8:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	43 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.