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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 28, 2012Gloucester County, James City County, Mathews County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 9:47 PM EDT for Gloucester County, James City County, Mathews County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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 28, 2012, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Gloucester County, VA, James City County, VA, Mathews County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1078 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 28, 9:09 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 9:09 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
755 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>072-079>083-087>098-300000-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-
PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-
LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-
BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
VIRGINIA BEACH-
755 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

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 PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM.

.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.

ANZ632>634-637-638-654-656-658-300000-
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-
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-
755 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND AND THE
EASTERN JAMES RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.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.

ANZ630-631-636-650-652-300000-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
YORK RIVER-
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-
755 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 535 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER.

.DAY ONE...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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.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.

MDZ021>025-VAZ073>078-084>086-099-300000-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-ACCOMACK-
755 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 535 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF
VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.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.

VAZ100-300000-
NORTHAMPTON VA-
755 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.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.

ANZ635-300000-
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT-
755 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 535 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK
RIVER.

.DAY ONE...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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 8:58 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:01 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 9:03 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 9:30 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 9:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	36 min
Jul 28, 8:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		84 min
Jul 28, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King George	29 min
Jul 28, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		42 min
Jul 28, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	44 min
Jul 28, 10:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		66 min
Jul 28, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	40 min
Jul 29, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		83 min
Jul 29, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Williamsburg	53 min
Jul 29, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		55 min
Jul 29, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	29 min
Jul 29, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	31 min
Jul 29, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Pasquotank	36 min
Jul 28, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	41 min
Jul 28, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester	60 min
Jul 28, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester	52 min
Jul 29, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	21 min
Jul 29, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	30 min
Jul 29, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	28 min
Jul 29, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	30 min

Nearby

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