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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 9, 2014Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT for Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 65 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: Jul 9, 2014, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 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.

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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 Jul 9, 2:33 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:33 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:39 AM EDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
339 AM EDT WED JUL 9 2014

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-100745-
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-
339 AM EDT WED JUL 9 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ANY THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ANY
THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDT, 0 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 8, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	64 min
Jul 8, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	57 min
Jul 8, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	41 min
Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan	65 min
Jul 8, 11:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Jul 9, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia	44 min
Jul 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Newport News	45 min
Jul 9, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	31 min
Jul 9, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	55 min
Jul 9, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	58 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		69 min
Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	107 min
Jul 9, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	35 min
Jul 9, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	52 min
Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Jul 9, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		87 min
Jul 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Mecklenburg	52 min
Jul 9, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	49 min
Jul 9, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin	41 min
Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jul 9, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	43 min
Jul 9, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more	39 min
Jul 9, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	46 min
Jul 9, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton	43 min
Jul 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	52 min
Jul 9, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford	34 min
Jul 9, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford, Northampton	59 min
Jul 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Gates, Hertford	45 min
Jul 9, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	35 min
Jul 9, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Gates	63 min
Jul 9, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie	30 min
Jul 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	45 min
Jul 8, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	45 min
Jul 8, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	69 min
Jul 8, 11:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	50 min
Jul 9, 12:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	49 min
Jul 9, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	65 min
Jul 9, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	54 min
Jul 9, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	64 min

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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.