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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 13, 2014Currituck County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 13, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

County Currituck County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 13, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 3:50 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
350 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-142000-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
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-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-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-
350 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

.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, Jun 13, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:31 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:00 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 12:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, James City, New Kent, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and 3 more64 min
Jun 13, 1:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSussex43 min
Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex and 1 more60 min
Jun 13, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, James City, Middlesex, Surry, City of Williamsburg61 min
Jun 13, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico27 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ55 min
Jun 13, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna65 min
Jun 13, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico53 min
Jun 13, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more59 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ21 hr
Jun 13, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing George60 min
Jun 13, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGoochland49 min
Jun 13, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie67 min
Jun 13, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline57 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach56 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, King William, Westmoreland43 min
Jun 13, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg38 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, Surry, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more56 min
Jun 13, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George, Surry, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more53 min
Jun 13, 6:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMecklenburg57 min
Jun 13, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico, King William, City of Richmond54 min
Jun 13, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake66 min
Jun 13, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, James City, New Kent, Surry, City of Williamsburg64 min
Jun 13, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick57 min
Jun 13, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Jun 13, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach54 min
Jun 13, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth64 min
Jun 13, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton65 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester60 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2014Every special weather 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.