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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Apr 30, 2021, 2:13 AM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 30, 2021, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Worcester County, MD
The radar
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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 Apr 30, 2:02 AM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:02 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 12:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 30, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, Westmoreland | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 1:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 63 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 78 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent and 3 more | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 2:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 59 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 87 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 55 min | |
| Apr 30, 3:34 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 38 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 76 min | |
| Apr 30, 12:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 38 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.