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Gale Watch 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 22, 2021

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale watch at Jan 22, 2021, 2:52 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 23, 2021, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2021, 2:52 AM EST (07:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2021, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 22, 2021, 3:58 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 watch went out at Jan 21, 6:57 PM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 6:57 PM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 4:00 PM EST, 10 hours 52 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
Jan 22, 3:58 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		24 hr

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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.