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Gale Warning 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 15, 2025

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this gale warning at Feb 15, 2025, 2:09 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 28 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
Feb 15, 2025, 2:09 AM EST (07:09 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2025, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 17, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
In force
28 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 Feb 15, 12:57 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 12:57 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 2:09 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ31 hr
Feb 15, 2:42 AM ESTWind AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more45 hr
Feb 15, 2:39 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningAKQAccomack, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 31 more23 hr
Feb 15, 3:55 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond21 days
Feb 15, 3:59 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQHenrico, City of Richmond4 days

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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.