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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2012, 1:51 PM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 21, 2012, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Bertie County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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 Jul 21, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1006 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW MOVING COOL FRONT WILL BECOME STALLED OVER THE REGION TODAY. WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL BRING MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE OVER THE CAROLINAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST FROM THE PLAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER TO THE REGION TO BEGIN THE WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... LATEST WX ANALYSIS SHOWS SFC FRONT STALLED OUT EAST TO WEST ACROSS CENTRAL VA IN THE VICINITY OF PETERSBURG TO NEAR NORFOLK. THE FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE LOST MOST OF ITS PUSH AND MAY DRIFT SOUTH A LITTLE BUT OVERALL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. EARLIER SHOWERS HAVE WEAKENED NORTH OF RIC AND OVER THE BAY WITH JUST A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ONGOING AS OF LATE MORNING. THE LULL IN ACTIVITY THIS MORNING IS SUPPORTED BY HIGH RES WRF MODELS...HOWEVER...MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT RAPIDLY INCREASING THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18Z-03Z. THE INCREASE IN COVERAGE WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO A POSITIVELY UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHEAST FROM OH AND KY INTO VA INTERACTING WITH THE FRONT AND HIGH PWAT. WITH PWAT OVER 2" ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHT TIME HOURS. THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT FROM RIC AND THE VA EASTERN SHOWER SOUTH ACROSS THE TIDEWATER AND INTO NE NC. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE INLAND TO EMPORIA...SUSSEX AND DINWIDDIE THOUGH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SHOULD BE CLOSER TO THE RIVERS AND COAST. SOME LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY PICK UP 1-2" OF RAINFALL QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME TOTALS CLOSE TO 4 INCHES OR MORE IN ISOLATED POCKETS. THERE WILL ALSO BE AREAS THAT PICK UP SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCHES FOR NOW...HOWEVER...IF A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS AND APPEARS TO START TO TRAIN ACROSS SE VA AS SOME MODELS PREDICT A SHORT TERM FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NOCTURNAL STABILIZATION SHOULD ALLOW AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS TO DIMINISH LATE SAT NIGHT. HAVE TAPERED BACK POPS TO SLIGHT CHC NORTH OF THE VA/NC BORDER/LOW CHC NC ZONES. LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOW 70S. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SUNDAY/MONDAY... SHORT TERM PERIOD CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASING HEIGHTS ALOFT AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS TRAVERSES EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO REAL CHANGE IN FORECAST RATIONALE FROM PREV SHIFTS. SFC BOUNDARY WILL BE ORIENTED ALONG/SOUTH OF THE AREA TO BEGIN THE DAY, THOUGH WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH BY MIDDAY SUN AS IT WASHES OUT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ONCE AGAIN EXPECT WEAK SHORTWAVES MOVING ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO IGNITE ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT CONVECTION SUNDAY AFTN, W/ HIGHEST AREAL COVERAGE TO BE MAINLY AGAIN ROUGHLY ALONG THE NC/VA BORDER, WITH STORM MODE LARGELY PULSE IN NATURE DUE TO VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF AVAILABLE DEEP LYR SHEAR. GIVEN LITTLE IN THE WAY OF STEERING FLOW, WILL AGAIN NEED TO WATCH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HVY RAINFALL. UPPER TROUGH DAMPENING WILL ALLOW FOR RISING HGTS AS FLOW BECOMES MORE DOWNSLOPE. ACCORDINGLY EXPECT HIGHS TO WARM BACK INTO THE M/U 80S TO AROUND 90 FAR SOUTHERN CWA. RAIN CHCS AGAIN DIMINISH QUICKLY WITH LOSS OF HEATING SUN NGT. EARLY MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 70 AND 75. BY MONDAY...SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY ON MONDAY AS A LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS AND TIGHTENS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY W/ A DECENT CUMULUS FIELD LIKELY TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS CONVECTIVE PROCESSES LIFT AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE (FROM RECENT WEEKEND RAINS) UP INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. ANY INTERACTION BETWEEN CUMULUS/RISING AIR AND THE LEE TROUGH (AND POSSIBLE SEABREEZE INTERACTIONS) SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO RE-IGNITE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY. HIGHS MON INTO THE L-M 90S. HOT ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF WEAK COOL FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. COMPRESSIONAL HEATING AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WILL MAKE FOR THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK ON TUESDAY...WITH HIGHS AGAIN WELL INTO THE 90S. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF UPSTREAM MCS ACTIVITY RIDING NW FLOW ALOFT, LIKELY PUSHING JUST NORTH OF THE REGION. OBVIOUSLY, TOO FAR OFF TO EVEN ATTEMPT TRYING TO TIME THIS ACTIVITY, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, AS CLOUDS/PCPN FROM THIS FEATURE WOULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS WITH TEMP/POP FORECAST FOR TUESDAY INTO THE LONG TERM PERIOD. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... MID/UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEAST US AND A TROUGH OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL DRIVE NW FLOW OVER THE MID ATLANTIC DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD HAVE ONLY A MINIMAL IMPACT ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA...MAINLY CONFINING OTHERWISE MINIMAL DIURNAL POPS TO THE SW PORTION OF THE AREA AND LOWERING TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES. A TROUGH CROSSES THE GREAT LAKES LATER NEXT WEEK...BUT AT THIS POINT THERE IS TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY PERTAINING TO ANY IMPACT TO THE MID ATLANTIC. OVERALL...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE AROUND AVERAGE TO +1 ST DEV ABOVE THE MEAN (90-95)...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES GENERALLY RANGING FROM 70 TO 75. && .AVIATION /14Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SFC BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING BEFORE STALLING ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. AREA OF EARLIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS PUSHED OFFSHORE WITH SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS/DRIZZLE DEVELOPING IN LOW LEVEL STRATUS SPREADING ACROSS EASTERN VA. WIDESPREAD MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS OBSERVED WITH CIGS AROUND 5K FT AGL IN STRATUS. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TO MID MORNING. SFC WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LESS THAN 5 KTS. WITH THE STALLED FRONT LOCATED ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY AREA WIDE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. CIGS WILL BE 3 TO 6K FT TODAY WITH MVFR TO LOCALLY IFR CONDITIONS IN RAIN. SFC WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE NELY AT 5 TO 10 KTS. && .MARINE... SFC FRONT LOCATED ACROSS THE WATERS WITH SFC LOW LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE. NELY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT GENERALLY 10 TO 15 KTS WITH SWLY WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. STRONGER WINDS JUST OFF THE MD COAST HAVE CREATED SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAVE INCREASED SPEEDS AND SEAS IN THE SCA. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE STALLING ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. AS THE SFC BOUNDARY WEAKENS...THE SFC GRADIENT WILL RELAX ALLOWING WINDS TO SUBSIDE AND SEAS TO CALM. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR ANZ650-652. && SYNOPSIS...MAM NEAR TERM...MAM/JAO SHORT TERM...BMD/MAM LONG TERM...AJZ AVIATION...SAM MARINE...AJZ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 10:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1016 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 MDZ021>024-VAZ048-049-061>064-069-071>078-083>086-221430- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-POWHATAN-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- 1016 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ025-VAZ099-221430- MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 1016 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ060-065>068-070-079>082-087>097-221430- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-PRINCE EDWARD-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG- NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-CHESTERFIELD-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- CHARLES CITY-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE- 1016 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ102-VAZ098-100-221430- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-NORTHAMPTON VA- 1016 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ650-652-221430- 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- 1016 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>638-654-656-658-221430- 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- CURRITUCK SOUND- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL- RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT-YORK RIVER- JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE- JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE- TUNNEL- 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- 1016 AM EDT SAT JUL 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER...THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Surry, City of Williamsburg | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 9:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City and 9 more | 104 min |
| Jul 20, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jul 20, 10:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 10:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Mathews, Middlesex | 100 min |
| Jul 20, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 8:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hanover | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex, York and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 72 min | |
| Jul 21, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 106 min |
| Jul 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Gloucester, Greensville, James City and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 69 min |
| Jul 21, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 108 min |
| Jul 21, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 91 min | |
| Jul 21, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Surry, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 3:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 64 min | |
| Jul 21, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 112 min |
| Jul 21, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | James City, Prince George, Surry, York, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 32 min | |
| Jul 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 118 min |
| Jul 21, 7:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton | 106 min |
| Jul 20, 8:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 6:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 107 min |
| Jul 21, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 7:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 88 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 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.