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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2012, 9:12 PM EST for Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Dec 21, 2012, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 9:12 PM EST (02:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2012, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 6:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Northampton County, VA
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
072 WWUS71 KAKQ 210212 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 912 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 MDZ024-025-VAZ099-100-211100- /O.NEW.KAKQ.WI.Y.0004.121221T0500Z-121221T1100Z/ INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...CHINCOTEAGUE... WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE 912 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: PORTIONS THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE...FROM WORCESTER COUNTY MARYLAND SOUTH TO NORTHAMPTON COUNTY VIRGINIA. * HAZARDS: STRONG WINDS. * WINDS: SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST LATE. * TIMING: BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM EST. * IMPACTS: SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS THIS STRONG MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ BROWN
1 follow-up statement
376 WWUS71 KAKQ 211106 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 606 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 MDZ024-025-VAZ099-100-211215- /O.EXP.KAKQ.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121221T1100Z/ INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...CHINCOTEAGUE... WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE 606 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 8:52 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack | 9 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:17 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:58 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack | 4 hr |
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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.