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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 4, 2020Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Dec 4, 2020, 11:39 AM EST for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Dec 5, 2020, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2020, 11:39 AM EST (16:39 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2020, 3:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 5, 2020, 2:40 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 4, 6:38 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 6:38 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 4:56 AM EST, 6 hours 43 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 4, 4:28 AM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		39 hr
Dec 4, 11:43 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		11 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2020 Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2020 Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2020 Every wind advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.