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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 1, 2016Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland; Currituck County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1049 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Powhatan55 min
Aug 31, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa66 min
Aug 31, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan42 min
Aug 31, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline48 min
Aug 31, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Hanover47 min
Aug 31, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William50 min
Sep 1, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack37 min
Sep 1, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Newport News45 min
Sep 1, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth40 min
Sep 1, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin44 min
Sep 1, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton50 min
Sep 1, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach51 min
Sep 1, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg29 min
Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQAccomack, Greensville, James City, Northampton, Southampton, Surry and 10 more48 hr
Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach43 min
Sep 1, 5:02 PM EDTTropical Storm WatchAKQAccomack, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 10 more19 hr
Sep 1, 8:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester38 min
Sep 1, 10:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester50 min
Sep 1, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSomerset, Worcester47 min
Sep 1, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates, Hertford47 min
Sep 1, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden60 min
Sep 1, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans58 min
Sep 1, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans49 min
Sep 1, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Pasquotank, Perquimans52 min
Sep 1, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Pasquotank, Perquimans45 min
Sep 1, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie44 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.