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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 6, 2012Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 1:21 PM EDT for Mecklenburg County, Virginia. 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: Aug 6, 2012, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2012, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

619 
WWUS81 KAKQ 061721
SPSAKQ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
121 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

VAZ065-079-061745-
BRUNSWICK VA-MECKLENBURG VA-
121 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2012

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG AND 
SOUTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...

AT 118 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 
CLARKSVILLE TO SOUTH HILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE 
OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE 
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. 

* VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND MAY CAUSE WATER 
TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR SOUTH HILL...SPANISH GROVE...AND ROGERS 
CORNER.

LAT...LON 3669 7865 3689 7850 3685 7842 3686 7840
      3684 7834 3685 7832 3680 7823 3679 7813
      3680 7810 3677 7806 3678 7803 3654 7804
      3653 7856 3669 7868

$$

DEROSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg	33 min
Aug 6, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward, Southampton and 1 more	59 min
Aug 6, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Williamsburg	50 min
Aug 6, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	48 min
Aug 6, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	31 min
Aug 6, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 5 more	73 min
Aug 6, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk	26 min
Aug 6, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton	23 min
Aug 6, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	35 min
Aug 6, 3:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	115 min
Aug 6, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	56 min
Aug 6, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	22 min
Aug 6, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	45 min
Aug 6, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia	57 min
Aug 6, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	30 min
Aug 6, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 1 more	42 min
Aug 6, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	45 min
Aug 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Newport News	62 min
Aug 6, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	45 min
Aug 6, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	37 min
Aug 6, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mathews, Middlesex	27 min
Aug 6, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Aug 6, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	46 min
Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	46 min
Aug 6, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	43 min
Aug 6, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	37 min
Aug 6, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	39 min
Aug 6, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	48 min

Nearby

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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.