Alert archive / Virginia / High Surf Advisories in 2016
High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this high surf advisory at Jun 16, 2016, 4:58 PM EDT for Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at Jun 17, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2016, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2016, 4:13 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Currituck County, NC, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Jun 16, 4:19 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:19 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:26 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 426 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ092-093-096-097-172030- NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 426 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NCZ017-102-VAZ095-098-172030- WESTERN CURRITUCK-EASTERN CURRITUCK-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- VIRGINIA BEACH- 426 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MDZ025-VAZ099-100-172030- MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON- 426 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...EASTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. VAZ048-061-062-064-068-069-509>516-172030- FLUVANNA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-AMELIA-POWHATAN- WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER- WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)- WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND)-EASTERN HENRICO- 426 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MDZ021>024-VAZ060-065>067-075>090-517>525-172030- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-PRINCE EDWARD- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND- LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT- GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY- WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN- EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS- HAMPTON/POQUOSON- 426 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Surry | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 9:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 3:19 AM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 46 hr | |
| Jun 16, 3:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 4 days | |
| Jun 16, 8:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester | 97 min |
| Jun 16, 10:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 41 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.