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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 29, 2021Southampton County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Oct 29, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT for Southampton County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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: Oct 29, 2021, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 45

County Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Oct 28, 7:22 PM EDT, 20 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 7:22 PM EDT, 20 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 4:24 PM EDT, 23 hours 46 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 29, 10:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	39 min
Oct 29, 12:57 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		48 hr
Oct 29, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex	36 min
Oct 29, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex	31 min
Oct 29, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	37 min
Oct 29, 4:24 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Oct 29, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, Sussex, City of Hopewell	29 min
Oct 29, 7:54 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	9 hr
Oct 29, 10:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Pasquotank, Perquimans	65 min
Oct 29, 11:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden	65 min
Oct 29, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	32 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2021 Every special weather statement 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.