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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 16, 2024Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 16, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Aug 17, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 19, 2024, 6:51 PM EDT
In force
59 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement 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 beach hazards statement went out at Aug 16, 3:58 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 3:58 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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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.