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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 10, 2014City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; 8 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this flood watch at Jul 10, 2014, 7:29 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; 8 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2014, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2014, 12:37 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Flood severity: None

Counties Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jul 10, 4:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 4:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 1:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
141 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>091-099-100-111745-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-
MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-
KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
141 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ092>098-111745-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
VIRGINIA BEACH-
141 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 410 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

THE SEVERE THREAT IS LIKELY TO TRANSITION TO PRIMARILY A HEAVY
RAIN CONCERN LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD.

BROWN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 10, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	62 min
Jul 9, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	2 hr
Jul 9, 11:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, York, City of Williamsburg	56 min
Jul 10, 3:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	39 min
Jul 10, 5:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		23 min
Jul 10, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	54 min
Jul 10, 12:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	54 min
Jul 10, 12:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	41 min
Jul 10, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	45 min
Jul 10, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	52 min
Jul 10, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	54 min
Jul 10, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		86 min
Jul 10, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	52 min
Jul 10, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	64 min
Jul 10, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		88 min
Jul 10, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	58 min
Jul 10, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	113 min
Jul 9, 8:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	3 hr
Jul 9, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	54 min
Jul 9, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans	49 min
Jul 9, 10:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	3 hr
Jul 9, 10:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	44 min
Jul 10, 6:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	41 min
Jul 10, 6:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	34 min
Jul 10, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Hertford	66 min
Jul 10, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more	34 min
Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	17 min
Jul 10, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	56 min
Jul 10, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford	55 min
Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.