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Small Craft Advisory 39, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 8, 2020

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 8, 2020, 4:34 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 9, 2020, 10:06 AM EDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2020, 4:34 AM EDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 9, 2020, 10:06 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2020, 7:00 AM EDT
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Apr 8, 4:10 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:10 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 9:18 PM EDT, 7 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 11:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 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 7, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	38 min
Apr 7, 8:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Apr 7, 11:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		62 min
Apr 8, 6:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa and 2 more	37 min
Apr 8, 7:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Hanover, Nottoway, Powhatan and 2 more	40 min
Apr 8, 4:06 PM EDT	Gale Watch	AKQ		11 hr
Apr 8, 4:06 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		60 hr
Apr 8, 4:30 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Westmoreland and 5 more	10 hr
Apr 8, 4:30 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	11 hr
Apr 7, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	53 min

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.