Alert archive / North Carolina / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2015, 4:53 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It took effect at Jun 7, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2015, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2015, 4:50 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003 WHUS41 KAKQ 062053 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 453 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 NCZ102-VAZ098-070500- /O.NEW.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.150607T1200Z-150608T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 453 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM SUNDAY * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. && $$ LSA
2 follow-up statements
222 WHUS41 KAKQ 062338 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 738 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 NCZ102-VAZ098-070745- /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0001.150607T1200Z-150608T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.150607T1200Z-150608T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 738 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM SUNDAY * LOCATION...VIRGINIA BEACH AND OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. RIP CURRENTS CAN BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ 44
193 WHUS41 KAKQ 070850 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 450 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 NCZ102-VAZ098-071000- /O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0001.150607T1200Z-150608T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KAKQ.RP.S.0001.150607T1200Z-150608T0000Z/ OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 450 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Hertford | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 7:38 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 3:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 48 hr | |
| Jun 6, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 35 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 50 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 44 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 35 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 32 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 57 min | |
| Jun 6, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 36 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 49 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.