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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 31, 20217 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT for 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Charles City County, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Greensville County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 30, 7:53 PM EDT, 20 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 7:53 PM EDT, 20 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
Mar 31, 3:55 AM EDT	Gale Warning	AKQ		44 hr
Mar 31, 3:55 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 days
Mar 31, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	42 min
Mar 31, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	38 min
Mar 31, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	45 min
Mar 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	12 hr
Mar 31, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William	47 min
Mar 31, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King George	32 min
Mar 31, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights	47 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, King and Queen, New Kent	31 min
Mar 31, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	26 min
Mar 31, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent	40 min
Mar 31, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond	56 min
Mar 31, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Prince George, Surry, Sussex	39 min
Mar 31, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		45 min
Mar 31, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Middlesex, City of Williamsburg	42 min
Mar 31, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		50 min
Mar 31, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin	45 min
Mar 31, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	53 min
Mar 31, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		35 min
Mar 31, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg	19 min
Mar 31, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	48 min
Mar 31, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		37 min
Mar 31, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		62 min
Mar 31, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	48 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	53 min
Mar 31, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
Mar 31, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more	56 min
Mar 31, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		53 min
Mar 31, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	42 min
Mar 31, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	45 min
Mar 31, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		82 min
Mar 31, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	49 min
Mar 31, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	55 min
Mar 31, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Gates, Hertford	45 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.