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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 15, 202549 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2025, 2:42 AM EST for 49 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Feb 16, 2025, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2025, 2:42 AM EST (07:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2025, 9:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 17, 2025, 12:00 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 62 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Feb 15, 12:57 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 12:57 AM EST, 1 hour 45 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
Feb 15, 2:09 AM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		59 hr
Feb 15, 2:09 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		31 hr
Feb 15, 2:39 PM EST	High Wind Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 31 more	23 hr
Feb 15, 3:55 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	21 days
Feb 15, 3:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	4 days

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2025 Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2025 Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2025 Every wind advisory 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.