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Coastal Flood Statement 49, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 14, 202012 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 14, 2020, 8:39 AM EST for 12 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 14, 2020, 8:39 AM EST (13:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2020, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, James City County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 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 coastal flood 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 coastal flood statement went out at Nov 14, 6:10 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 6:10 AM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 4:02 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 5:35 AM EST, 3 hours 4 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
Nov 14, 2:49 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	5 days
Nov 14, 6:37 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		51 hr
Nov 14, 3:54 PM EST	Gale Watch	AKQ		3 hr
Nov 14, 6:59 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		29 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2020 Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2020 Every coastal flood statement in 2020

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.