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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Wakefield, VA
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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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| Sep 16, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 118 min | |
| Sep 16, 12:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:17 PM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 6 hr | |
| Sep 16, 1:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr | |
| Sep 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 2 hr | |
| Sep 16, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 82 min | |
| Sep 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 91 min | |
| Sep 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 37 min | |
| Sep 16, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 96 min | |
| Sep 16, 2:05 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Currituck | 18 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.