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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2013, 7:39 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Wicomico County, Maryland. 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
- Aug 9, 2013, 7:39 PM EDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Dorchester County, MD, Wicomico County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 6:54 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 654 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 MDZ021>025-VAZ075-077-102300- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- WESTMORELAND-NORTHUMBERLAND- 654 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON SATURDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>074-076-078>100-102300- 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- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-RICHMOND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE- PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT- NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 654 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 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...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>638-650-652-654-656-658-102300- 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 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- 654 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013 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...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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, Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
700 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013
MDZ021-022-VAZ075-100000-
DORCHESTER-WESTMORELAND-WICOMICO-
700 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST WESTMORELAND
VRIGINIA...DORCHESTER AND WICOMICO COUNTIES IN MARYLAND THROUGH 800
PM EDT...
AT 659 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO
TO 16 MILES WEST OF POTOMAC BEACH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF HURLOCK TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
STAFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
A FEW LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
SECRETARY...
COLONIAL BEACH...
SHARPTOWN...
VIENNA...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
LAT...LON 3863 7570 3847 7569 3831 7626 3836 7625
3836 7629 3842 7629 3848 7635 3825 7695
3821 7695 3823 7705 3827 7703 3828 7698
3826 7694 3848 7635 3854 7632 3861 7608
3858 7603 3864 7597 3869 7580 3869 7576
ALBRIGHTSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 7:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
739 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013
MDZ021>025-100030-
DORCHESTER-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-SOMERSET-WICOMICO-
739 PM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DORCHESTER...NORTHERN
SOMERSET...FAR NORTHWEST WORCESTER AND WICOMICO COUNTIES THROUGH 830
PM EDT...
AT 737 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF BISHOPVILLE TO
33 MILES WEST OF HONGA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY TO 8 MILES EAST OF COLONIAL BEACH...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
A FEW LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE
VIENNA...
DELMAR...
HEBRON...
SALISBURY...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
LAT...LON 3815 7596 3821 7597 3822 7585 3826 7593
3822 7597 3832 7603 3817 7601 3814 7604
3815 7610 3820 7610 3822 7604 3825 7611
3822 7613 3824 7618 3832 7627 3836 7625
3839 7629 3857 7570 3846 7568 3845 7504
ALBRIGHTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.