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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 9, 2017Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 9, 2017, 9:43 AM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 7 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2017, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2017, 4:36 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Currituck County, NC, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

194 
WHUS41 KAKQ 091343
CFWAKQ

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
943 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2017

NCZ102-VAZ098-100000-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.170609T1343Z-170610T0000Z/
EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-
943 AM EDT FRI JUN 9 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS
STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS.

* LOCATION...VIRGINIA BEACH TO OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG RIP 
  CURRENTS TO OCCUR IS A COUPLE HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE, 
  WHICH WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 2 PM TODAY.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT.
SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. WHEN OUT OF THE
CURRENT, SWIM BACK TO SHORE. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL
OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND
CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
506 
WHUS41 KAKQ 092036
CFWAKQ

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
436 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 2017

NCZ102-VAZ098-092145-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170610T0000Z/
EASTERN CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-
436 PM EDT FRI JUN 9 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS
STATEMENT.

&&

$$

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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.