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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 2, 2016Southampton County, Virginia; Northampton County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 1:22 PM EDT for Southampton County, Virginia; Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 2, 2016, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Northampton County, NC, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 90 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 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 Aug 2, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 4:06 AM EDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
406 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016

ANZ637-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093-
095>100-509>525-030815-
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE-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-
406 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ021>025-030815-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
406 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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, Aug 2, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:28 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1228 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016

VAZ084-086-090-100-520-523-021715-
YORK-MATHEWS-GLOUCESTER-NORTHAMPTON-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-JAMES
CITY-
1228 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GLOUCESTER...CENTRAL MATHEWS...
SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN...NORTHEASTERN JAMES CITY...SOUTHERN
NORTHAMPTON AND CENTRAL YORK COUNTIES...

AT 1228 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NORGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...CAPE
CHARLES...GLOUCESTER POINT...CHERITON... BAVON...BAY
VIEW...ACHILLES...WICOMICO...MOBJACK...HAYES...RUFF...WHITE
MARSH...PORT
HAYWOOD...CAPEVILLE...BELROI...TOWNSEND...CHEAPSIDE...ADNER...
ORDINARY AND ARK.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MORE THAN 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3706 7592 3705 7597 3707 7602 3728 7607
      3729 7607 3729 7623 3727 7629 3731 7634
      3721 7635 3715 7626 3718 7631 3739 7681
      3755 7671 3738 7620 3736 7621 3730 7607
      3733 7606 3734 7606 3725 7580
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 310DEG 17KT 3745 7670

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:53 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:22 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
Aug 1, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ65 min
Aug 1, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack43 min
Aug 1, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Aug 2, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, James City, City of Williamsburg40 min
Aug 2, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMiddlesex38 min
Aug 2, 12:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, York47 min
Aug 2, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg52 min
Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ66 min
Aug 2, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach47 min
Aug 2, 1:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more2 hr
Aug 2, 1:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSurry, City of Newport News45 min
Aug 2, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ42 min
Aug 2, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more49 min
Aug 2, 2:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson118 min
Aug 2, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Nottoway and 5 more45 min
Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMecklenburg51 min
Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg44 min
Aug 2, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover43 min
Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHertford45 min
Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton and 2 more45 min
Aug 2, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHalifax48 min
Aug 2, 2:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 2 more2 hr
Aug 1, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico, Worcester45 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.