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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Apr 8, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT for 17 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 9:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
All 22 counties
Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659 WWUS71 KAKQ 081956 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 356 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 MDZ021>025-NCZ017-102-VAZ075>078-084>086-095-097>100-523>525- 090400- /O.NEW.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.160409T1400Z-160410T1000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- WESTERN CURRITUCK-EASTERN CURRITUCK-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON- YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...COROLLA...CHINCOTEAGUE... WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EXMORE...CAPE CHARLES...CHEAPSIDE... FISHERMANS ISLAND...KIPTOPEKE...KIPTOPEKE STATE PARK...PLANTATION 356 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY. * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S TO AROUND 30 SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>083-087>090-092-093- 096-509>522-090400- /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...SOUTH HILL... CREWE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...BARHAM...GWALTNEY CORNER...BACONS CASTLE... CHIPPOKES STATE PARK...HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE...POOLESVILLE... BOOTH FORK...WILLIAMSBURG...FRANKLIN...LOUISA...MINERAL... ASHLAND...MECHANICSVILLE...BON AIR...MIDLOTHIAN...CHESTERFIELD... CHESTER...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...SANDSTON...AYLETT... KING WILLIAM...WEST POINT...KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE... TAPPAHANNOCK...DUNNSVILLE 356 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S TO AROUND 30 SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 05
5 follow-up statements
998 WWUS71 KAKQ 090111 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 911 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 MDZ021>025-NCZ017-102-VAZ075>078-084>086-095-097>100-523>525- 090915- /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.160409T1400Z-160410T1000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- WESTERN CURRITUCK-EASTERN CURRITUCK-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON- YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...COROLLA...CHINCOTEAGUE... WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EXMORE...CAPE CHARLES...CHEAPSIDE... FISHERMANS ISLAND...KIPTOPEKE...KIPTOPEKE STATE PARK...PLANTATION 911 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S TO AROUND 30 SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY MORNING...WHILE TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING IS EXPECT FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>083-087>090-092-093- 096-509>522-090915- /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...SOUTH HILL... CREWE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...BARHAM...GWALTNEY CORNER...BACONS CASTLE... CHIPPOKES STATE PARK...HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE...POOLESVILLE... BOOTH FORK...WILLIAMSBURG...FRANKLIN...LOUISA...MINERAL... ASHLAND...MECHANICSVILLE...BON AIR...MIDLOTHIAN...CHESTERFIELD... CHESTER...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...SANDSTON...AYLETT... KING WILLIAM...WEST POINT...KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE... TAPPAHANNOCK...DUNNSVILLE 911 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S TO AROUND 30 SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
272 WWUS71 KAKQ 090659 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 259 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 MDZ021>025-NCZ017-102-VAZ075>078-084>086-095-097>100-523>525- 091500- /O.UPG.KAKQ.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.160409T1400Z-160410T1000Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...COROLLA...CHINCOTEAGUE... WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE 259 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREAS AFFECTED: EASTERN VIRGINIA...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE. * HAZARDS: STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S TO AROUND 30 TONIGHT. * TIMING: THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ VAZ090-091500- /O.UPG.KAKQ.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ /O.EXA.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.160409T1400Z-160410T1000Z/ JAMES CITY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLIAMSBURG 259 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREAS AFFECTED: JAMES CITY COUNTY VIRGINIA INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG. * HAZARDS: STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S TO AROUND 30 TONIGHT. * TIMING: THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>083-087>089-092-093- 096-509>522-091500- /O.UPG.KAKQ.FZ.A.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-WESTERN LOUISA- EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER- WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-EASTERN CHESTERFIELD-WESTERN HENRICO- EASTERN HENRICO-WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM- WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX- EASTERN ESSEX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...SOUTH HILL... CREWE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...FRANKLIN...LOUISA...MINERAL...ASHLAND... MECHANICSVILLE...MIDLOTHIAN...BON AIR...CHESTERFIELD...CHESTER... COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...SANDSTON...AYLETT...KING WILLIAM... WEST POINT...KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...TAPPAHANNOCK... DUNNSVILLE 259 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS: SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S TONIGHT. * TIMING: FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
724 WWUS71 KAKQ 091405 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1005 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 MDZ021>025-NCZ017-102-VAZ075>078-084>086-090-095-097>100-523>525- 092030- /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160410T1000Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- WESTERN CURRITUCK-EASTERN CURRITUCK-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON- YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...COROLLA...WILLIAMSBURG... CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EXMORE...CAPE CHARLES... CHEAPSIDE...FISHERMANS ISLAND...KIPTOPEKE... KIPTOPEKE STATE PARK...PLANTATION 1005 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * AREAS AFFECTED: EASTERN VIRGINIA...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE. * HAZARDS: STRONG...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S TO AROUND 30 LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>083-087>089-092-093- 096-509>522-092030- /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...SOUTH HILL... CREWE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...BARHAM...GWALTNEY CORNER...BACONS CASTLE... CHIPPOKES STATE PARK...HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE...POOLESVILLE... BOOTH FORK...FRANKLIN...LOUISA...MINERAL...ASHLAND... MECHANICSVILLE...BON AIR...MIDLOTHIAN...CHESTERFIELD...CHESTER... COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...SANDSTON...AYLETT...KING WILLIAM... WEST POINT...KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE...TAPPAHANNOCK... DUNNSVILLE 1005 AM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS: SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S TONIGHT. * TIMING: FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ALB/LKB
824 WWUS71 KAKQ 091942 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 342 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 NCZ102-100300- /O.CAN.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ /O.EXT.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160410T0600Z/ EASTERN CURRITUCK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COROLLA 342 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. * AREAS AFFECTED: NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS. * HAZARDS: STRONG...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MDZ021>025-NCZ017-VAZ075>078-084>086-090-095-097>100-523>525- 100300- /O.EXT.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160410T0600Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- WESTERN CURRITUCK-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS- HAMPTON/POQUOSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...WILLIAMSBURG... CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EXMORE...CAPE CHARLES... CHEAPSIDE...FISHERMANS ISLAND...KIPTOPEKE... KIPTOPEKE STATE PARK...PLANTATION 342 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * AREAS AFFECTED: EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE. * HAZARDS: STRONG...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THROUGH THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND CREATE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>083-087>089-092-093- 096-509>522-100300- /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...SOUTH HILL... CREWE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...BARHAM...GWALTNEY CORNER...BACONS CASTLE... CHIPPOKES STATE PARK...HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE...POOLESVILLE... BOOTH FORK...FRANKLIN...LOUISA...MINERAL...ASHLAND... MECHANICSVILLE...BON AIR...MIDLOTHIAN...CHESTERFIELD...CHESTER... COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...SANDSTON...AYLETT...KING WILLIAM... WEST POINT...KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE...TAPPAHANNOCK... DUNNSVILLE 342 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS: SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S WEST OF INTERSTATE 95...AND THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. * TIMING: FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ BROWN
565 WWUS71 KAKQ 100149 NPWAKQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 949 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 MDZ021>025-NCZ017-VAZ075>078-084>086-090-095-097>100-523>525- 101300- /O.CAN.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160410T0600Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- WESTERN CURRITUCK-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS- HAMPTON/POQUOSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...WILLIAMSBURG... CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EXMORE...CAPE CHARLES... CHEAPSIDE...FISHERMANS ISLAND...KIPTOPEKE... KIPTOPEKE STATE PARK...PLANTATION 949 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. * AREAS AFFECTED: EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE. * HAZARDS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING: TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING ARE EXPECTED FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NCZ102-100300- /O.CAN.KAKQ.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160410T0600Z/ EASTERN CURRITUCK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COROLLA 949 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>083-087>089-092-093- 096-509>522-101300- /O.CON.KAKQ.FZ.W.0002.160410T0400Z-160410T1300Z/ NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...AHOSKIE... ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...FARMVILLE...GOOCHLAND...SOUTH HILL... CREWE...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...BARHAM...GWALTNEY CORNER...BACONS CASTLE... CHIPPOKES STATE PARK...HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE...POOLESVILLE... BOOTH FORK...FRANKLIN...LOUISA...MINERAL...ASHLAND... MECHANICSVILLE...BON AIR...MIDLOTHIAN...CHESTERFIELD...CHESTER... COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...SANDSTON...AYLETT...KING WILLIAM... WEST POINT...KING AND QUEEN COURT HOUSE...TAPPAHANNOCK... DUNNSVILLE 949 PM EDT SAT APR 9 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * AREAS AFFECTED: CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND INTERIOR EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS: SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. * TEMPERATURES: LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S WEST OF INTERSTATE 95...AND THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30 EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. * TIMING: FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 8, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
203 PM EDT FRI APR 8 2016
.SYNOPSIS...
A SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY. THE NEXT COLD
FRONT CROSSES THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN LATE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE
NEXT COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPDATE...ADJUSTED SKY COVER ACROSS THE NORTH AND SUBSEQUENT
DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES. MAIN CHANGE WAS TO ISSUE AN ENHANCED FIRE
DANGER STATEMENT FOR MOST OF CNTRL AND ERN VA FOR TODAY. SEE FIRE
WX SECTION BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
LATEST GOES WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS BROAD/ANOMALOUS UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS EARLY THIS MORNING.
SEVERAL EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALSO OBSERVED
OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION. AT THE SFC...A
TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE LOCAL AREA AS YESTERDAYS COLD FRONT HAS
PUSHED INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. DEEP LAYER WLY FLOW HAS RESULTED
IN A RAPID DRYING TREND...WITH CLEARING SKIES OVER THE REGION.
PWATS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ONE HALF INCH. WLY GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE COAST.
STRONG NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE DIGS SWD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS
MORNING...WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT
LAKES REGION. THE LOW DROPS OVER OH LATE TODAY...WITH A FRONT
STRETCHING WWD ALONG THE OH VALLEY. FOR THE LOCAL AREA...DEEP LAYER
WLY FLOW PERSISTS...RESULTING IN DRY CONDITIONS AND A MOSTLY SUNNY
TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKY. LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES AND H85 TEMPS AROUND 0
TO -4C (-1 STD DEV) TRANSLATE TO HIGHS IN THE MID/UPPER 50S (LOW 60S
SE VA/NE NC). NOT AS BREEZY TODAY AS A STRONG SPEED MAX LOCATES
SOUTH OF THE REGION...BUT STILL EXPECT GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE DEEPENS INTO A CLOSED UPPER LOW TONIGHT OVER
THE NRN MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE SFC LOW DEEPENS...LOCATING OVER THE
DELMARVA LATE FRI NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION.
WHILE STRONG UVM AND THERMAL ADVECTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
FRONT...CROSS SECTIONS AND BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATE A VERY DRY
ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION (PWATS UNDER ONE HALF INCH)
THANKS TO WLY/DOWNSLOPE FLOW. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE NRN
AND NERN COUNTIES...NORTH AND EAST OF RICHMOND. WILL CARRY CHANCE
POPS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE FRONT. THERMAL PROFILES
INDICATE LIQUID PRECIP...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME SLEET MIXED IN AS
LAPSE RATES SHARPEN. PRECIP WILL BE LIGHT AS LITTLE MOISTURE
EXISTS ABOVE H7. TEMPS DROP INTO THE MID/UPPER 30S (LOW 40S SE
VA/NE NC). MIXING WILL INHIBIT ANY FROST.
UPPER LOW LOCATES OVER THE DELMARVA SAT AFTERNOON AS THE SFC LOW
DEEPENS OFF THE NE COAST. WRAPAROUND MOISTURE REMAINS ALONG THE
COAST SAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO GO ALONG WITH STRONG FORCING.
EXPECT SHOWERS TO LINGER OVER THE REGION...BUT AGAIN REMAIN LIGHT
WITH PWATS AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. DRY ELSEWHERE. CRITICAL
THICKNESSES PLUMMET LATE SAT INTO SAT NIGHT AS STRONG CAA ARRIVES. A
RA/SN MIX IS EXPECTED BY LATE SAT ACROSS THE MD ERN SHORE...WITH A
TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW SAT EVENING FROM THE NRN NECK TO THE ERN
SHORE AS TEMPS DROP INTO THE MID 30S. LITTLE...IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE SAT AFTERNOON...WITH
GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH (HIGHEST NEAR THE COAST). HIGHS SAT WARM ONLY
INTO THE MID/UPPER 40S INLAND INTO THE LOW 50S SE VA/NE NC.
TROUGH AXIS PUSHES OFFSHORE SAT NIGHT AS LARGE SCALE CONFLUENCE
BUILDS OVER THE REGION. LINGERING PRECIP COMES TO AN END...WITH
CLEARING SKIES WEST TO EAST SAT NIGHT. NWLY WINDS DIMINISH
INLAND...BUT CONTINUE TO GUST TO 20 TO 25 MPH NEAR THE COAST.
REGARDLESS OF MIXING...FREEZING TEMPS ARE EXPECTED SAT NIGHT AS
STRONG CAA DROPS H85 TEMPS TO AROUND -8 TO -12C (-2 STD DEV). A
HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPS FALLING INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S
(UPPER 20S/LOW 30S COASTAL REGIONS). A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT.
HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS SUN AS A COOL/DRY AIR MASS SETTLES OVER THE
MID ATLANTIC REGION. HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE MID 50S (-1 STD DEV)
UNDER A SUNNY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKY.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD CHARACTERIZED BY SHORT-LIVED BREAK W/PERSISTENT
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS, AS 1028+MB ARCTIC HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. THAT
SAID, GFS/ECMWF AND THEIR MEMBER ENSEMBLES BOTH POINT TOWARD THE
RE-AMPLIFICATION OF THE EAST COAST TROUGH FOR THE MID-LATE WEEK
PERIOD.
TEMPS BRIEFLY MODERATE ON MONDAY/TUESDAY ON SLY FLOW BEFORE DROPPING
BACK AROUND 1 S.D. BELOW CLIMO NUMBERS WED-THU POST-FRONTAL.
FOR POPS, QUASI-ZONAL FLOW POST FRONTAL ALLOW FOR RAIN CHANCES TO BE
ESSENTIALLY NIL MONDAY...BUT EXPECT POPS TO INCREASE LATE MON NIGHT
AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO
LOOK MINIMALLY UNSTABLE AT THIS TIME, SO HAVE HELD OUT THUNDER AGAIN
FOR THIS PACKAGE. FRONT LOOKS TO BECOME HUNG UP OVER SOUTHEASTERN
TIER OF THE AREA INTO THE COASTAL CAROLINAS INTO WED, SO LINGERED A
LOW POP THERE, WITH SILENT POP OR LESS ELSEWHERE. EPS/EURO...AND TO
A LESSER EXTENT THE GEFS FAVOR A CAD WEDGE SETUP FOR LATE NEXT WEEK.
HAVE THEREFORE INCREASED POP INTO SLIGHT CHC RANGE ALONG WITH COOLER
TEMPS.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MAINLY W OR WNW FLOW THIS AFTN...REMAINING GUSTY TO 20-25 KT AT
KSBY THROUGH 21Z...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO AVG 10-15 KT
ELSEWHERE. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WRN GREAT LAKES MOVES ESE INTO SE
PA/DELMARVA OVERNIGHT INTO SAT MORNING. EXPECTING INCREASING
CLOUDS TONIGHT...ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR -RA OR -RASN AFT 07Z/09
MAINLY FOR KSBY. BKN/OVC CIGS TO AVG 3-6 K FT. SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED
CONDS PERSIST THROUGH SAT...AS AN UPR LVL TROF LINGERS OVR THE
REGION RESULTING IN GUSTY MAINLY W/NW WINDS AND VRBL CLDS- PARTLY
CLOUDY CONDS W/ A SLGT OR SMALL CHC OF PCPN. WINDS EXPECTED TO
GUST TO AT LEAST 30-35 KT ALL AREAS BY MIDDAY SAT INTO SAT
EVENING.
SFC HI PRES BUILDS INTO THE RGN SUN-MON PROVIDING VFR CONDS AND
LESS WIND. NEXT SYSTEM MON NIGHT-TUE TO BRING NEXT CHANCE FOR
RAIN.
&&
.MARINE...
QUIET WX OVR THE WTRS TNGT W/ MNLY SW WNDS AOB 15 KT.
STRONG CAA DEVELOPS SAT MRNG/MIDDAY AND CONTS INTO SAT NGT AS
ANOMALOUS UPR LVL TROUGH AND SFC LO PRES TRACK ACRS THE RGN.
SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING OF THE SFC LO PRES NR THE DE/NJ CSTS SAT
AFTN/EVE BEFORE TRACKING E SAT NGT WILL LEAD TO INCRSD NW WNDS. HI
PROB FOR (SOLID) GALES ACRS ALL WTRS BEGINNING SAT...LASTING INTO
SAT NGT SO HOISTING GALE WRNG W/ NEW PACKAGE. ENDING TIME OF THE
GALE UNCERTAIN AND DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY STRONG CAA WANES. LO
PROB FOR STM FORCE (GUSTS) ON THE NRN OCN WTRS SAT EVE...HOLDING
OFF ON STORM HEADLINE FOR NOW. WNDS DIMINISH ON SUN AS MODIFYING
ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLES ACRSS THE RGN. ANOTHER PD OF SUB-SCA CONDS
RETURNS FOR LT IN THE WKND AS HI PRES REBUILDS OVR THE WTRS. ONCE
HI PRES OFF THE CST BY MON...SOME INCRS IN SSW WNDS XPCD.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
UPDATE FOR TODAY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 25 TO 30
PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND WEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20 TO
25 MPH WILL CREATED AN ENHANCED RISK FOR FIRE DANGER TODAY AS
1 HOUR FINE FUELS BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DRYING OUT. THIS WILL SET
THE STAGE FOR A CRITICAL FIRE WX DAY ON SATURDAY FOR AT LEAST THE
SCNTRL VA AND INTERIOR NE NC...AS WEST WINDS GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH
AND MINIMUM RH VALUES FALL INTO THE 20S. WILL CONTINUE
COORDINATING WITH STATE FOREST OFFICIALS TODAY ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE
FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES FOR SATURDAY.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
LOW WATER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY DUE TO A 12-18 HR
PERIOD OF NW GALES EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD LOWS SUN (APRIL 10TH):
* RICHMOND: 23 (1985)
* NORFOLK: 31 (1972)
* SALISBURY: 21 (2007)
* ELIZABETH CITY: 26 (1985)
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR MDZ021>025.
NC...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NCZ012>017-030>032-102.
VA...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093-095>100-
509>525.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ650-
652-654.
GALE WARNING FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR
ANZ630>638-650-652-654-656-658.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
ANZ630>632-634.
&&
SYNOPSIS...BMD
NEAR TERM...BMD/SAM
SHORT TERM...SAM
LONG TERM...MAM
AVIATION...LKB
MARINE...ALB/MAM
FIRE WEATHER...BMD
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...AKQ
CLIMATE...AKQHazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 10:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 MDZ021-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-509>511-091445- DORCHESTER-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-CAROLINE- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-WESTERN LOUISA- EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER- 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ075>083-085-512>522-091445- WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE- PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-MIDDLESEX-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- 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. INCREASED FIRE DANGER. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ084-086>090-092-093-095>100-523>525-091445- GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON- 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. INCREASED FIRE DANGER. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ022>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-091445- WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-NORTHAMPTON- HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-EASTERN CURRITUCK- 1032 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FREEZE WATCH. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S SATURDAY NIGHT. ANY SENSITIVE VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEROSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 10:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Apr 8, 3:05 AM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 48 hr | |
| Apr 8, 4:08 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 19 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 45 min |
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