Alert archive / Virginia / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this rip current statement at Jun 14, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland; Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It took effect at Jun 15, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
756 WHUS41 KAKQ 142130 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 530 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 NCZ102-VAZ098-150530- /O.NEW.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.120615T1200Z-120616T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120615T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 530 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY * LOCATION...VIRGINIA BEACH AND OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK BEACH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/WAKEFIELD ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ MDZ025-VAZ099-100-150530- /O.NEW.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.120615T1200Z-120616T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 530 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY * LOCATION...MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA LOWER EASTERN SHORE BEACHES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/WAKEFIELD ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ VAZ084-086-091-093>097-150000- /O.CON.KAKQ.CF.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120615T0000Z/ GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-YORK-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 530 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS EXPECTED DURING HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THRESHOLDS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...YORK AND JAMES RIVERS...THE VIRGINIA ATLANTIC COAST AND CURRITUCK OUTER BANKS. FORECAST WATER LEVELS ARE ABOUT 4 FT MLLW WITH A HIGH TIDE AROUND 6 TO 7 PM OVER THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY. ELEVATED LEVELS ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE HIGH TIDES AS WELL. * IMPACTS...MINOR NUISANCE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$ LSA
4 follow-up statements
448 WHUS41 KAKQ 142302 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 702 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 NCZ102-VAZ098-150715- /O.CAN.KAKQ.CF.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120615T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.120615T1200Z-120616T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 702 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY * LOCATION...VIRGINIA BEACH AND OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK BEACH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ VAZ084-086-091-093>097-150015- /O.CAN.KAKQ.CF.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120615T0000Z/ GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-YORK-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 702 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 THE THREAT FOR MINOR NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING HAS ENDED THIS EVENING. $$ MDZ025-VAZ099-100-150715- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.120615T1200Z-120616T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 702 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY * LOCATION...MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA LOWER EASTERN SHORE BEACHES PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/WAKEFIELD ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
728 WHUS41 KAKQ 150249 CFWAKQ URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1049 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 MDZ021>023-150800- /O.NEW.KAKQ.CF.S.0012.120615T0249Z-120615T0800Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET- 1049 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS EXPECTED FOR HIGH TIDE OVERNIGHT... * TIME...HIGH TIDE IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THRESHOLDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE BORDERING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ALONG ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES. LEVELS WILL RUN 1 TO 1.5 FT ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE HIGH TIDE OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$ MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-151100- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.120615T1200Z-120616T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 1049 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY * LOCATION...VIRGINIA BEACH AND OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK BEACH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WAKEFIELD
598 WHUS41 KAKQ 150832 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 432 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-151800- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.120615T1200Z-120616T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 432 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY * LOCATION...OCEAN CITY MARYLAND SOUTH TO CURRITUCK BEACH NORTH CAROLINA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ 44
578 WHUS41 KAKQ 152007 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 407 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-160000- /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120616T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 407 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY * LOCATION...OCEAN CITY MARYLAND SOUTH TO CURRITUCK BEACH NORTH CAROLINA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:31 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 11 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Virginia, 2012Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2012Rip Current Statements in Maryland, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
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.