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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 23, 202013 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2020, 2:48 PM EST for 13 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Dec 24, 2020, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 23, 2020, 2:48 PM EST (19:48 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2020, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 25, 2020, 1:38 AM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 25 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 23, 12:00 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 12:00 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 2:22 AM EST, 12 hours 26 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 23, 2:36 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 22 more	33 hr
Dec 23, 3:20 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		36 hr
Dec 23, 3:20 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		9 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.