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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 28, 2022Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia; Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this blizzard warning at Jan 28, 2022, 4:00 AM EST for Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia; Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Jan 28, 2022, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2022, 4:00 AM EST (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 28, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 29, 2022, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 blizzard warning 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 blizzard warning went out at Jan 28, 3:58 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:58 AM EST, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 3:35 PM EST, 12 hours 25 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 28, 4:00 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 31 more	31 hr
Jan 28, 10:10 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	AKQ		46 hr
Jan 28, 2:30 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	18 hr
Jan 28, 2:30 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Virginia Beach	20 hr
Jan 28, 3:23 PM EST	Storm Warning	AKQ		20 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Maryland, 2022 Blizzard Warnings in Virginia, 2022 Every blizzard warning in 2022

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.