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Gale Warning 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 27, 2022

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Jan 27, 2022, 3:31 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 28, 2022, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 37 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 27, 2022, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 28, 2022, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2022, 6:47 AM EST
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 27, 3:30 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 3:30 PM EST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 4:10 AM EST, 11 hours 21 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 27, 3:30 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 32 more	25 hr
Jan 27, 4:00 AM EST	Gale Watch	AKQ		12 hr
Jan 27, 3:31 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		13 hr
Jan 27, 3:41 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 7 more	44 hr

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.