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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 5, 2016Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2016, 4:12 PM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 5, 2016, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Worcester County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 5, 3:43 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:43 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:07 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
407 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

MDZ024-025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-
093-095>100-509>525-062015-
INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-
PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-
EASTERN CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-WESTMORELAND-
RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-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-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
407 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 237 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST
MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MDZ021>023-062015-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-
407 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 237 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

MINNICK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:18 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:47 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:54 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	42 min
Jun 4, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	35 min
Jun 4, 9:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Louisa	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	62 min
Jun 4, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward	52 min
Jun 4, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	38 min
Jun 4, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 2 more	47 min
Jun 5, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway	47 min
Jun 5, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Henrico, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights and 3 more	59 min
Jun 5, 1:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, Surry and 1 more	63 min
Jun 5, 2:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, York, City of Hampton and 4 more	60 min
Jun 5, 4:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		26 hr
Jun 5, 4:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	59 min
Jun 5, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	44 min
Jun 5, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		72 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	45 min
Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	43 min
Jun 5, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	44 min
Jun 5, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	38 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	43 min
Jun 5, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	45 min
Jun 5, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	42 min
Jun 5, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Jun 5, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	39 min
Jun 5, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	45 min
Jun 5, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	42 min
Jun 5, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford	51 min
Jun 5, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	47 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Pasquotank	35 min
Jun 5, 4:05 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	13 hr
Jun 5, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	42 min
Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	45 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	51 min
Jun 5, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	49 min

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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.