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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 16, 2014Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this high surf advisory at Mar 16, 2014, 1:53 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2014, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2014, 1:13 PM EDT
In force
61 hr
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 17:52 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, 5.9 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 2014-03-16Temperature 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°0°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 2014-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Mar 16, 1:46 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 1:46 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 3:58 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

MDZ021>025-VAZ072>078-085-170800-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-MIDDLESEX-
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT
MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA
AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

VAZ060-067-068-070-071-082>084-086-090-099-100-170800-
PRINCE EDWARD-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-CHARLES CITY-
NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM
EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF
VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

VAZ065-066-079>081-087>089-091-094-170800-
MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM
EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ092-093-095>098-170800-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-SOUTHAMPTON-
ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY
BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO LIGTH RAIN AND DRIZZLE LATE MONDAY. GUSTY
NORTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG COASTAL
SECTIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ048-049-061>064-069-170800-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-POWHATAN-
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT
MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE
PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 3:22 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningAKQCaroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Lancaster, Middlesex and 4 more33 hr
Mar 16, 3:22 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Cumberland and 28 more56 hr
Mar 16, 1:33 PM EDTWind AdvisoryAKQCity of Virginia Beach21 hr
Mar 16, 2:36 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQWorcester20 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Virginia, 2014High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2014High Surf Advisories in Maryland, 2014Every high surf advisory 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.