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Gale Warning 15, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 29, 2020

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Apr 29, 2020, 10:12 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 30, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 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 29, 2020, 10:12 AM EDT (14:12 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2020, 8:05 PM EDT
In force: 13 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 29, 6:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:49 AM EDT, 6 hours 23 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 29, 3:23 AM EDT	Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more	39 hr
Apr 29, 4:29 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northumberland, Westmoreland	18 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.