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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
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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</html>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 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
44Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Dinwiddie | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico and 7 more | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Powhatan and 6 more | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Hanover, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 3 more | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent and 2 more | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 78 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Mathews, Northampton | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 74 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 37 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 33 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Richmond | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, City of Emporia | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Portsmouth | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Petersburg | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 19 min |
| Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 2 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.