Alert archive / North Carolina / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2016, 10:52 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2016, 10:52 PM EDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
966 WHUS41 KAKQ 300252 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1052 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2016 NCZ102-VAZ098-301100- /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.160830T0252Z-160831T0000Z/ EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 1052 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS: HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION: VIRGINIA BEACH AND CURRITUCK. * SURF HEIGHT: NEARSHORE WAVES OF 4 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 && $$ $$
4 follow-up statements
541 WHUS41 KAKQ 300822 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 422 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 NCZ102-VAZ098-301630- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160831T0000Z/ EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 422 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS: HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION: VIRGINIA BEACH AND CURRITUCK. * SURF HEIGHT: NEARSHORE WAVES OF 4 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 && $$ $$
441 WHUS41 KAKQ 301424 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1024 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION NCZ102-VAZ098-302230- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160831T0000Z/ EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 1024 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS: HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION: VIRGINIA BEACH AND CURRITUCK. * SURF HEIGHT: NEARSHORE WAVES OF 4 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 && $$ WRS
044 WHUS41 KAKQ 301955 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 355 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 NCZ102-VAZ098-310400- /O.EXT.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160901T0000Z/ EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 355 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS: HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION: VIRGINIA BEACH AND CURRITUCK. * SURF HEIGHT: NEARSHORE WAVES OF 4 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS... LONGSHORE CURRENTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ $$ MINNICK
354 WHUS41 KAKQ 310825 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 425 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 NCZ102-VAZ098-311630- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160901T0000Z/ EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 425 AM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS: HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION: VIRGINIA BEACH AND CURRITUCK. * SURF HEIGHT: NEARSHORE WAVES OF 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS... LONGSHORE CURRENTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lancaster | 35 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2016Beach Hazards Statements in Virginia, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.