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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 20, 202210 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 20, 2022, 2:56 PM EST for 10 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 21, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 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 20, 2022, 2:56 PM EST (19:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 22, 2022, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA, Southampton County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 20, 2:35 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 2:35 PM EST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 10:25 AM EST, 4 hours 31 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 20, 3:21 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 37 more	28 hr
Jan 20, 1:59 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		44 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2022 Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2022 Every winter storm 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.