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Gale Warning 27, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 15, 2020

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Dec 15, 2020, 4:18 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 16, 2020, 6:29 AM EST. It was in force for 25 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: Dec 15, 2020, 4:18 PM EST (21:18 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2020, 6:29 AM EST
Expired: Dec 17, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 25 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 Dec 15, 3:56 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:56 PM EST, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 4:16 PM EST, 2 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
Dec 15, 4:00 AM EST	Gale Watch	AKQ		26 hr
Dec 15, 4:52 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Prince Edward	42 hr
Dec 15, 4:27 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	19 hr
Dec 15, 5:02 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		4 days
Dec 15, 5:44 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Currituck	3 hr
Dec 15, 4:27 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Worcester	32 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.