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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Currituck County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>064-067>078-083>086-099-100-281800- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE- NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ012-013-030-VAZ092-093-095>098-281800- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-BERTIE-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NCZ014>017-031-032-281800- GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS- 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANZ630>632-634-650-652-654-656-658-281800- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ065-066-079>082-087>091-094-281800- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ633-281800- CURRITUCK SOUND- 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ102-281800- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- 147 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 05
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:46 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
246 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
VAZ097-098-271915-
CHESAPEAKE VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
246 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN VIRGINIA BEACH...
AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM VIRGINIA BEACH TO KEMPSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PRINCESS ANNE
AROUND 255 PM EDT.
EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO
A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 3661 7588 3659 7593 3664 7597 3658 7597
3656 7605 3682 7623 3688 7597 3677 7595
3670 7591 3671 7591 3669 7591 3663 7588
05Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
321 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
NCZ017-102-271945-
EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC-
321 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CURRITUCK BEACH...
AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KNOTTS ISLAND...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF
CURRITUCK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR COROLLA AT 335 PM EDT.
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR
AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 3636 7582 3639 7587 3641 7588 3641 7586
3643 7587 3643 7589 3642 7593 3643 7595
3644 7593 3643 7591 3644 7590 3647 7591
3648 7594 3653 7591 3652 7585
SCALORAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 24 min | |
| Jun 27, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 96 min | |
| Jun 27, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Emporia, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk and 3 more | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 86 min |
| Jun 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden | 18 min |
| Jun 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Worcester | 47 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.