Alert archive / Virginia / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 1, 2016, 4:47 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 2, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2016, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
681
WHUS41 KAKQ 012047
CFWAKQ
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
447 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-020800-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0003.160902T1200Z-160903T0000Z/
MARYLAND BEACHES-EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON-
447 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS
STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* HAZARDS: HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
* LOCATION: MARYLAND BEACHES, CURRITUCK, VIRGINIA BEACH, ACCOMACK COUNTY
ATLANTIC BEACHES, AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTY ATLANTIC BEACHES.
* SURF HEIGHT: NEARSHORE WAVES TO 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
&&
$$
$$1 follow-up statement
139 WHUS41 KAKQ 021308 CFWAKQ COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 908 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-030000- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160903T0000Z/ MARYLAND BEACHES-EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON- 908 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS: HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * LOCATION: MARYLAND BEACHES...CURRITUCK...VIRGINIA BEACH... ACCOMACK COUNTY ATLANTIC BEACHES...AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTY ATLANTIC BEACHES. * SURF HEIGHT: NEARSHORE WAVES TO 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 31, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Powhatan | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 66 min |
| Aug 31, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Newport News | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Greensville, James City, Northampton, Southampton, Surry and 10 more | 48 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 10:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset, Worcester | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 58 min |
| Sep 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 44 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Virginia, 2016Beach Hazards Statements in Maryland, 2016Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 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.