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Gale Warning 17, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 18, 2020

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at May 18, 2020, 4:42 AM EDT. It took effect at May 18, 2020, 8:55 AM EDT. It was in force for 61 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: May 18, 2020, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 18, 2020, 8:55 AM EDT
Expired: May 20, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 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 May 17, 7:24 PM EDT, 9 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 7:24 PM EDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 4:08 PM EDT, 12 hours 34 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
May 17, 8:17 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		8 hr
May 18, 4:42 AM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		4 hr
May 18, 6:27 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 10 more	29 hr
May 18, 4:57 PM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		16 hr
May 18, 7:10 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	72 hr
May 18, 6:27 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Currituck	16 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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