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Coastal Flood Warning 5, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 10, 202116 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood warning at Oct 10, 2021, 5:20 AM EDT for 16 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It took effect at Oct 10, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 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: Oct 10, 2021, 5:20 AM EDT (09:20 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 10, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 11, 2021, 7:59 PM EDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Currituck County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Surry County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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 coastal flood 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 coastal flood warning went out at Oct 10, 4:23 AM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 4:23 AM EDT, 57 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
Oct 9, 9:50 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	42 hr
Oct 10, 3:13 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	25 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Warnings in Virginia, 2021 Coastal Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2021 Coastal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2021 Every coastal flood warning in 2021

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.