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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 27, 202213 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2022, 3:41 PM EST for 13 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Jan 28, 2022, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 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, 3:41 PM EST (20:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 28, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 29, 2022, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 27, 3:30 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 3:30 PM EST, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 3:35 PM EST, 6 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	Gale Warning	AKQ		63 hr
Jan 27, 3:31 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		13 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2022 Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 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.