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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this frost advisory at Apr 18, 2020, 9:31 PM EDT for 20 counties in Virginia; Dorchester County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Apr 19, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2020, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
All 23 counties
Dorchester County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Amelia County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 18, 7:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 7:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 3:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 3 days |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Virginia, 2020Frost Advisories in Maryland, 2020Every frost advisory 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.