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Gale Warning 12, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 12, 2020

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Apr 12, 2020, 3:11 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 12, 2020, 9:49 PM EDT. It was in force for 19 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: Apr 12, 2020, 3:11 AM EDT (07:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2020, 9:49 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 4:48 PM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Apr 12, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 6:35 PM EDT, 8 hours 36 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
Apr 12, 3:11 AM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		9 hr
Apr 12, 12:29 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	28 hr
Apr 12, 12:34 PM EDT	Storm Warning	AKQ		28 hr
Apr 12, 2:25 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 41 more	26 hr
Apr 12, 2:48 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	29 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2020 Every gale warning 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.