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Coastal Flood Statement 24, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 30, 2016, 12:18 PM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at Sep 30, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2016, 12:18 PM EDT (16:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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, 4.3 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
- 971 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this coastal flood 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 coastal flood statement went out at Sep 30, 11:41 AM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 11:41 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 7:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 VAZ099-100-011115- ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ098-011115- VIRGINIA BEACH- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ633-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>083-087-088-092- 509>522-011115- CURRITUCK SOUND-NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN- WESTERN CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD- CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA- POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SOUTHAMPTON-WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA- WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD- EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)- WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND)-EASTERN HENRICO- WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN- EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ084>086-096-097-523>525-011115- GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS- HAMPTON/POQUOSON- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ089-090-093-011115- SURRY-JAMES CITY-ISLE OF WIGHT- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ075>078-011115- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND EASTERN VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ025-011115- MARYLAND BEACHES- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>023-011115- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-011115- INLAND WORCESTER- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ102-011115- EASTERN CURRITUCK- 705 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MINNICK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 11:41 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1141 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016
VAZ065-301645-
MECKLENBURG-
1141 AM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG COUNTY...
AT 1137 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MECKENBURG COUNTY AND NORTHEAST VANCE COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA......MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THIS MAY CAUSE SOME DITCHES TO OVERFLOW WITH WATER AND PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH HILL...CHASE CITY...BOYDTON...SKIPWITH...NORTH VIEW...JOHN H
KERR DAM...BASKERVILLE...ROGERS CORNER...PALMER SPRINGS...FINCHLEY...
RICHARDSON...WIGHTMAN...FINNEYWOOD...EPPES FORK...BEECHWOOD...
KEATS...FAIRVIEW AND JOHN H KERR RESERVOIR.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THIS STORM. BE
PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. HEAVY RAIN
COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR FLOODING
OF DITCHES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3688 7850 3687 7843 3685 7842 3686 7840
3685 7835 3684 7835 3685 7834 3685 7831
3682 7828 3681 7824 3680 7817 3679 7813
3679 7811 3680 7811 3679 7810 3654 7820
3654 7850 3686 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 183DEG 21KT 3653 7837
MRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 9:15 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 23 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:15 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 23 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:13 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Surry, City of Williamsburg | 49 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 9 hr | |
| Sep 30, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 64 min |
| Sep 30, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 40 min |
| Sep 30, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 44 min |
| Sep 30, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 49 min |
| Sep 30, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 39 min |
| Sep 30, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Petersburg | 58 min |
| Sep 30, 3:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 18 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Hanover, Henrico and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 45 min |
| Sep 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 53 min |
| Sep 30, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Sep 30, 4:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 39 min |
| Sep 30, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 38 min |
| Sep 30, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico, King William | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 4:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Sep 30, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Middlesex, New Kent and 1 more | 51 min |
| Sep 30, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King William | 45 min |
| Sep 30, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William, New Kent | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen | 64 min |
| Sep 30, 12:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Wicomico | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Wicomico | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 11:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Wicomico | 6 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 6 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2016Coastal Flood Statements in North Carolina, 2016Every coastal flood 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.