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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 14, 200614 counties in Virginia; Camden County, Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 14, 2006, 3:55 PM EST for 14 counties in Virginia; Camden County, Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Jan 14, 2006, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2006, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 14, 2006, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 15, 2006, 3:53 PM EST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Caroline County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -212 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jan 14, 3:50 AM EST, 12 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 3:50 AM EST, 12 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 6:21 AM EST, 9 hours 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 14, 11:24 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 14, 2:10 PM 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 1:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg35 min
Jan 14, 1:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg35 min
Jan 14, 1:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia27 min
Jan 14, 1:48 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent42 min
Jan 14, 1:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Surry, Sussex61 min
Jan 14, 2:04 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William41 min
Jan 14, 2:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton36 min
Jan 14, 2:20 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond35 min
Jan 14, 2:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWestmoreland24 min
Jan 14, 2:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland53 min
Jan 14, 3:05 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth25 min
Jan 14, 3:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Suffolk61 min
Jan 14, 3:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson38 min
Jan 14, 3:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach62 min
Jan 14, 3:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach60 min
Jan 14, 3:35 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach25 min
Jan 14, 3:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth24 min
Jan 14, 3:44 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ2 hr
Jan 14, 3:50 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ85 min
Jan 14, 4:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton47 min
Jan 14, 4:23 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ97 min
Jan 14, 1:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton63 min
Jan 14, 2:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie40 min
Jan 14, 2:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHertford45 min
Jan 14, 4:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico29 min
Jan 14, 4:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset, Worcester61 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2006Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2006Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2006Every wind advisory in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.