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Gale Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 8, 2024

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Aug 8, 2024, 3:51 AM EDT. It took effect at Aug 8, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 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: Aug 8, 2024, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 8, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 9, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 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 Aug 7, 9:28 PM EDT, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:28 PM EDT, 6 hours 23 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
Aug 8, 3:36 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	39 hr
Aug 8, 11:40 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AKQ	Northumberland, Westmoreland	4 hr
Aug 8, 12:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	6 hr
Aug 8, 1:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	37 min
Aug 8, 1:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	26 min
Aug 8, 2:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	23 min
Aug 8, 2:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	32 min
Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex	3 hr
Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Dinwiddie	31 min
Aug 8, 2:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	31 min
Aug 8, 2:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	25 min
Aug 8, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk	31 min
Aug 8, 3:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	36 min
Aug 8, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	3 hr
Aug 8, 3:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	31 min
Aug 8, 4:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Surry	34 min
Aug 8, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		50 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville	3 days
Aug 8, 5:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	19 hr
Aug 8, 5:23 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg	12 hr
Aug 8, 5:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	6 hr
Aug 8, 5:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Prince George, Surry, Sussex	35 min
Aug 8, 6:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond	112 min
Aug 8, 6:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	23 min
Aug 8, 7:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline	26 min
Aug 8, 7:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	38 min
Aug 7, 8:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	5 hr
Aug 8, 1:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Chowan, Perquimans	20 min
Aug 8, 3:30 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Dorchester	30 hr

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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.