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Storm Warning 3, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this storm warning at Feb 21, 2026, 1:05 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 22, 2026, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 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 21, 2026, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2026, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2026, 6:17 AM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this storm 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 storm warning went out at Feb 21, 5:38 AM EST, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 5:38 AM EST, 7 hours 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 21, 2:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, James City and 15 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:16 AM EST | Storm Watch | AKQ | 11 hr | |
| Feb 21, 1:05 PM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 53 hr | |
| Feb 21, 2:42 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 42 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:42 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 10 more | 37 hr |
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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.