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Gale Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 19, 2025

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Mar 19, 2025, 2:27 PM EDT. It took effect at Mar 21, 2025, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 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: Mar 19, 2025, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 21, 2025, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2025, 2:26 PM EDT
In force: 13 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 Mar 19, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 4:12 AM EDT, 10 hours 15 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
Mar 19, 9:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton	21 days

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Sources

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