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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2016, 7:20 PM EDT for Nottoway County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 40 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 6, 2016, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Nottoway County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KAKQ 062320
SPSAKQ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
720 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
VAZ060-066-067-070000-
PRINCE EDWARD-NOTTOWAY-LUNENBURG-
720 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016
...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
LUNENBURG...NOTTOWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTIES...
AT 719 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CREWE TO NEAR HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CREWE AND BURKEVILLE AROUND 725 PM EDT.
NOTTOWAY AROUND 745 PM EDT.
BLACKSTONE AND FORT PICKETT AROUND 800 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE WELLVILLE...BURKES
TAVERN...OLIVEVILLE...SIMPLICITY...DOMINY
CORNER...MURDOCKS...RUBERMOUNT... BRIERY CREEK LAKE...ARVINS STORE
AND IRBY.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS.
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 3722 7848 3728 7816 3725 7802 3710 7789
3704 7789 3695 7848 3707 7844 3709 7846
3709 7848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 320DEG 11KT 3723 7809 3717 7841
$$
ZIMMERMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico, City of Richmond | 44 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.