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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 30, 20265 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this high wind warning at Jan 30, 2026, 2:17 PM EST for 5 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 31, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 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: Jan 30, 2026, 2:17 PM EST (19:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 31, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 1, 2026, 9:56 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Mathews County, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Jan 30, 12:13 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 12:13 PM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 4:07 AM EST, 10 hours 10 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
Jan 30, 1:42 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville and 21 more	52 hr
Jan 30, 1:54 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		44 hr
Jan 30, 1:54 AM EST	Storm Warning	AKQ		59 hr
Jan 30, 1:54 AM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Watch	AKQ		12 hr
Jan 30, 2:07 AM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	AKQ	Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	23 hr
Jan 30, 2:16 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more	47 hr
Jan 30, 2:01 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 29 more	35 hr
Jan 30, 2:02 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		53 hr
Jan 30, 2:02 PM EST	Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	AKQ		47 hr
Jan 30, 2:17 PM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 6 more	47 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2026 High Wind Warnings in North Carolina, 2026 Every high wind warning in 2026

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.