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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 23, 2014, 4:14 PM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland; Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 24, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2014, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2014, 4:38 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577 WHUS41 KAKQ 232014 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 414 PM EDT TUE SEP 23 2014 MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-240415- /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0013.140924T1200Z-140925T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 414 PM EDT TUE SEP 23 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGH RIP CURRENTS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...HIGH THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE OF 4 TO 6 FEET. SHORE BREAK OF 4 FEET CAN CAUSE NECK AND SPINAL INJURIES...AFFECTING EVEN THE MOST ABLE SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ FOR THE LATEST TIDE LEVEL UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=AKQ
1 follow-up statement
372 WHUS41 KAKQ 240838 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 438 AM EDT WED SEP 24 2014 NCZ102-VAZ098-241645- /O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0013.140924T1200Z-140925T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.SU.Y.0005.140924T0838Z-140924T2200Z/ OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 438 AM EDT WED SEP 24 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * HAZARDS...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...ALL DAY TODAY FOR NORTHEAST CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA BEACHES. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE OF 6 TO 8 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. && $$ MDZ025-VAZ099-100-241645- /O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0013.140924T1200Z-140925T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.SU.Y.0005.140924T1600Z-140925T0600Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 438 AM EDT WED SEP 24 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 2 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * HAZARDS...HIGH SURF AND HIGH THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE BEACHES. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE OF 6 TO 8 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. && $$ MINNICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 12:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 10 hr | |
| Sep 23, 4:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 4 days |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Virginia, 2014Beach Hazards Statements in Maryland, 2014Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2014Every beach hazards statement in 2014
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.