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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 23, 2014Worcester County, Maryland; Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2014-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 12:24 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ10 hr
Sep 23, 4:32 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ4 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.