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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 23, 201620 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jan 23, 2016, 4:03 PM EST for 20 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2016, 4:03 PM EST (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Amelia County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Essex County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 590 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
590 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

135 
WWUS81 KAKQ 232103
SPSAKQ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
403 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016
 
VAZ062-064-067>069-075-076-080>083-088-089-510>522-232300-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN HENRICO-SURRY-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN
ESSEX-GOOCHLAND-WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF
RICHMOND)-WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN
HANOVER-NOTTOWAY-POWHATAN-RICHMOND-WESTMORELAND-NEW KENT-EASTERN
CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)-SUSSEX-EASTERN KING AND
QUEEN-WESTERN KING WILLIAM-WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-PRINCE
GEORGE-WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-DINWIDDIE-CAROLINE-AMELIA-CHARLES
CITY-EASTERN LOUISA-
403 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE I 95 CORRIDOR FROM RICHMOND TO THE TRI
CITIES...

SEVERAL BANDS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH
WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL AFFECT MOST OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA THROUGH 600 PM.
THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES
TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL
REMAIN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED EARLY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE MONITOR
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3821 7695 3817 7687 3816 7666 3703 7701
      3712 7817 3809 7782 3805 7775 3802 7775
      3799 7764 3825 7737 3822 7728 3825 7727
      3825 7723 3823 7725 3819 7725 3820 7722
      3817 7718 3814 7707 3826 7705 3828 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 263DEG 34KT 3818 7453 3734 7534 
$$

ALB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 4:37 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Gloucester, Greensville, James City, Mathews, Northampton and 12 more24 hr
Jan 23, 12:43 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Goochland and 14 more2 hr
Jan 23, 2:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Goochland and 14 more114 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Virginia, 2016Every special weather 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.