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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 11, 202128 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm watch at Feb 11, 2021, 3:11 PM EST for 28 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Feb 13, 2021, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2021, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 13, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2021, 3:21 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 28 counties

Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 11, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 12:52 PM EST, 2 hours 19 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
Feb 11, 3:39 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 40 more	3 days

Nearby

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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.