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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 6, 2015Northampton County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 4:57 PM EDT for Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 6, 2015, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

County Northampton County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 6, 4:24 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 4:24 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:06 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
406 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-060>062-064-068-069-075>078-082>086-099-100-
509>522-072015-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-
GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-WESTERN LOUISA-
EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-
EASTERN CHESTERFIELD-WESTERN HENRICO-EASTERN HENRICO-
WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-
EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
406 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065>067-079>081-087>090-092-093-095>098-
523>525-072015-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-
NOTTOWAY-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-
JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
406 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN
THREAT. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
416 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

VAZ097-098-062100-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
416 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF
CHESAPEAKE AND SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH...

AT 414 PM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WAS NEAR NORTHWEST... OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT
BRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
HAEVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BACK BAY AROUND 430 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE PUNGO...HICKORY...
SANDBRIDGE BEACH AND SIGMA.

STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS...SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES...AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

LAT...LON 3655 7595 3657 7589 3664 7594 3672 7594
      3666 7596 3665 7595 3664 7599 3660 7606
      3656 7603 3655 7619 3667 7623 3676 7595
      3656 7587 3655 7587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 257DEG 20KT 3661 7612

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Dinwiddie46 min
Aug 6, 2:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico and 7 more22 min
Aug 6, 2:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan and 6 more25 min
Aug 6, 3:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Hanover, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 3 more29 min
Aug 6, 3:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, James City, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent and 2 more59 min
Aug 6, 4:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ78 min
Aug 6, 4:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Mathews, Northampton45 min
Aug 6, 5:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ74 min
Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach44 min
Aug 6, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ37 min
Aug 6, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ33 min
Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach2 hr
Aug 6, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach22 min
Aug 6, 5:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Richmond24 min
Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg32 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk3 hr
Aug 6, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, City of Emporia26 min
Aug 6, 6:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk2 hr
Aug 6, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia41 min
Aug 6, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Portsmouth47 min
Aug 6, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Petersburg49 min
Aug 6, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake39 min
Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCamden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans2 hr
Aug 6, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank19 min
Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton49 min
Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.