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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Worcester County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 24, 3:36 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:36 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:08 AM EDT, 12 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 308 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>084-086>090-092- 093-095>098-509>520-523>525-250715- NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-EASTERN CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD- CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA- POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT- GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 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-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON- 308 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE 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. MDZ021>025-VAZ075>078-085-099-100-521-522-250715- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-MIDDLESEX-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX- 308 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
300 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016
MDZ022-241930-
WICOMICO-
300 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WICOMICO COUNTY...
AT 300 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PARSONSBURG...OR
NEAR SALISBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DELMAR...PARSONSBURG...PITTSVILLE...WILLARDS...MELSON...CHESAPEAKE
HEIGHTS...SALISBURY-WICOMICO AND POWELLVILLE.
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 3834 7533 3829 7546 3828 7547 3842 7561
3846 7557 3845 7534 3841 7532 3840 7532
3838 7533 3837 7532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 308DEG 20KT 3843 7549
44Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:15 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016
MDZ022-024-025-242000-
MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND WORCESTER-WICOMICO-
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER AND EAST
CENTRAL WICOMICO COUNTIES...
AT 314 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PARSONSBURG...OR
8 MILES EAST OF SALISBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BERLIN...PARSONSBURG...OCEAN PINES...CAPE ISLE OF WIGHT...NEWARK...
PITTSVILLE...WILLARDS...OCEAN CITY MUNICIPALITY...CHESAPEAKE HEIGHTS...
WEST OCEAN CITY...BISHOP...WHALEYVILLE...BISHOPVILLE...MELSON...SHOWELL...
WHITON...POWELLVILLE AND IRONSHIRE.
STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS...SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES...AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3842 7505 3821 7519 3837 7557 3845 7550
3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 304DEG 19KT 3842 7544
44Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 10:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Buckingham, Fluvanna | 39 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.