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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2012, 2:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 4, 2012, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Brunswick County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Apr 4, 2:00 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 2:00 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065>067-079>082-084-086>098-100-051845- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG- NOTTOWAY-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-GLOUCESTER- MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-NORTHAMPTON VA- 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 140 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST 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. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>064-068>078-083-099-051845- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE- AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN- ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-NEW KENT- ACCOMACK- 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST 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. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ637-638-VAZ085-051845- JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE- JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE- TUNNEL-MIDDLESEX- 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 140 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER AND THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF 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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ650-652-654-656-658-051845- 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- 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE VA TO DUCK NC. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ631-632-635-636-051845- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA- RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT-YORK RIVER- 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 140 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER. .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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO THE MOUTH OF BAY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ633-634-051845- CURRITUCK SOUND- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL- 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 140 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY AND 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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO THE MOUTH OF BAY...AND OVER CURRITUCK SOUND. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ630-051845- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- 239 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY. .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. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. BMD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:57 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 4 days | |
| Apr 4, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, City of Colonial Heights | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Gates | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 65 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2012Every special weather 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.