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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 18, 20164 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2016, 9:13 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 18, 2016, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Cumberland County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Louisa County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 18, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 8:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
804 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ065-066-079>081-084>090-092-093-095>100-
523>525-200015-
NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-
PRINCE GEORGE-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-
JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
804 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-060>062-064-067>069-075>078-082-083-509>522-200015-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-
POWHATAN-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-CHARLES CITY-
NEW KENT-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-
804 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ONCE AGAIN, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY HAZAARDS IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WRS

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 9:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Jul 18, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack42 min
Jul 18, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWestmoreland37 min
Jul 18, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover38 min
Jul 18, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack45 min
Jul 18, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Essex, Goochland, Hanover, Powhatan, Richmond and 1 more47 min
Jul 18, 10:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack3 hr
Jul 18, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack63 min
Jul 18, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Henrico, James City, King and Queen, King William, Middlesex and 1 more41 min
Jul 18, 11:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg49 min
Jul 19, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Gloucester, James City, Prince George, Surry, City of Hopewell and 1 more42 min
Jul 19, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ61 min
Jul 19, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Newport News47 min
Jul 19, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson46 min
Jul 19, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton44 min
Jul 19, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ72 min
Jul 19, 1:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ84 min
Jul 19, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson42 min
Jul 19, 2:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Jul 19, 3:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ83 min
Jul 19, 2:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa50 min
Jul 19, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover, Louisa45 min
Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Louisa44 min
Jul 19, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa43 min
Jul 19, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa39 min
Jul 19, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover47 min
Jul 19, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Hanover32 min
Jul 19, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Hanover, Louisa37 min
Jul 19, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Henrico44 min
Jul 19, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Richmond36 min
Jul 19, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, City of Richmond43 min
Jul 19, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGoochland39 min
Jul 19, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPowhatan50 min
Jul 19, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George and 4 more45 min
Jul 19, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia39 min
Jul 19, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Petersburg48 min
Jul 19, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie44 min
Jul 19, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ87 min
Jul 19, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQJames City58 min
Jul 19, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia41 min
Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ93 min
Jul 19, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin52 min
Jul 19, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQJames City, Surry, City of Williamsburg42 min
Jul 19, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia28 min
Jul 19, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach38 min
Jul 19, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ81 min
Jul 19, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake24 min
Jul 19, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick51 min
Jul 19, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk42 min
Jul 19, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach47 min
Jul 19, 7:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach3 hr
Jul 19, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ55 min
Jul 19, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ38 min
Jul 19, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden40 min
Jul 19, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan45 min
Jul 19, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPasquotank, Perquimans43 min
Jul 19, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCurrituck49 min
Jul 19, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates52 min
Jul 19, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton47 min
Jul 19, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton50 min
Jul 19, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Gates, Hertford66 min
Jul 18, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester49 min
Jul 18, 10:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester50 min

Nearby

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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.