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Coastal Flood Statement 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 6, 2017Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 6, 2017, 4:33 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2017, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 57 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 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 coastal flood 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 coastal flood statement went out at Apr 6, 4:04 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 4:04 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:55 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 6, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 6:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward	39 min
Apr 6, 7:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	61 min
Apr 6, 8:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	42 min
Apr 6, 8:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Nottoway	38 min
Apr 6, 9:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	41 min
Apr 6, 9:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	25 min
Apr 6, 9:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	31 min
Apr 6, 9:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia	48 min
Apr 6, 10:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Hanover, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan	26 min
Apr 6, 10:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	41 min
Apr 6, 10:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Chesterfield, Hanover, City of Richmond	36 min
Apr 6, 10:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, Surry, City of Williamsburg	21 min
Apr 6, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		29 min
Apr 6, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	32 min
Apr 6, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 4 more	48 min
Apr 6, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		47 min
Apr 6, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, City of Richmond	28 min
Apr 6, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex	38 min
Apr 6, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		90 min
Apr 6, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan	30 min
Apr 6, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond	41 min
Apr 6, 12:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Louisa	16 min
Apr 6, 12:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	41 min
Apr 6, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, York	51 min
Apr 6, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, Prince George, City of Hopewell	41 min
Apr 6, 12:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	24 min
Apr 6, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	31 min
Apr 6, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Apr 6, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		69 min
Apr 6, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William	36 min
Apr 6, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen, Northumberland, Richmond	38 min
Apr 6, 1:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Westmoreland	48 min
Apr 6, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		74 min
Apr 6, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	24 min
Apr 6, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, New Kent	32 min
Apr 6, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	12 min
Apr 6, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		69 min
Apr 6, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		81 min
Apr 6, 3:22 PM EDT	Gale Warning	AKQ		33 hr
Apr 6, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	38 min
Apr 6, 3:04 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	6 hr
Apr 6, 9:10 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	6 hr
Apr 6, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	65 min
Apr 6, 2:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	42 min
Apr 6, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	64 min
Apr 6, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	36 min
Apr 6, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	31 min
Apr 6, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	35 min
Apr 6, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	26 min

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Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2017 Every coastal flood statement in 2017

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.