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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 15, 2025Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 15, 2025, 9:23 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Sep 16, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2025, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 17, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
36 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 01:24 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 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 Sep 15, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 5:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex4 hr
Sep 16, 7:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach4 hr
Sep 16, 9:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ85 min
Sep 16, 11:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ118 min
Sep 16, 12:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach6 hr
Sep 16, 1:17 PM EDTGale WarningAKQ6 hr
Sep 16, 1:17 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ30 hr
Sep 16, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ2 hr
Sep 16, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ82 min
Sep 16, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ91 min
Sep 16, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ37 min
Sep 16, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton45 min
Sep 16, 5:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQNorthampton3 hr
Sep 16, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ96 min
Sep 16, 2:05 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQCurrituck18 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Virginia, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in Maryland, 2025Every beach hazards statement in 2025

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.