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Gale Warning 14, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 20, 2020

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Apr 20, 2020, 3:43 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 21, 2020, 1:05 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 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 20, 2020, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2020, 1:05 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2020, 3:54 AM EDT
In force
15 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 20, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 4:01 PM EDT, 23 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
401 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-
093-095>100-509>525-202015-
Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches-
Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-
Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans-Eastern Currituck-Fluvanna-Prince Edward-
Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-
Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-
Dinwiddie-Prince George-Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-
Mathews-Greensville-Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-
Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-
Accomack-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover-
Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield-
Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)-
Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico-
Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen-
Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News-
Hampton/Poquoson-
401 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast
North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern
Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and
southeast Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 2:33 AM EDTGale WarningAKQ13 hr
Apr 20, 3:43 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ45 hr
Apr 20, 3:53 AM EDTWind AdvisoryAKQCurrituck11 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2020Every 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.