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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this areal flood warning at Aug 16, 2020, 3:21 AM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Surry County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 16, 2020, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Isle of Wight County, VA, Surry County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 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 areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 16, 1:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 48 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 15, 8:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:23 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | James City, Northumberland, Surry, Westmoreland, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 8 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 57 min | |
| Aug 15, 9:51 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | James City, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, King William | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Surry | 32 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 116 min | |
| Aug 16, 6:34 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Westmoreland | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 70 min | |
| Aug 16, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 68 min | |
| Aug 16, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 91 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 2 more | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 12:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:58 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:43 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 4 hr | |
| Aug 15, 10:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 3 hr |
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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.