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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this high surf advisory at Jan 22, 2017, 4:56 PM EST for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Jan 23, 2017, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2017, 4:56 PM EST (21:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2017, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2017, 11:59 AM EST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Jan 22, 3:48 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 3:48 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 1:17 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wakefield VA 117 PM EST Sun Jan 22 2017 MDZ021>025-VAZ099-100-222100- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches- Accomack-Northampton- Including the cities of Cambridge, Salisbury, Crisfield, Princess Anne, Snow Hill, Ocean City, Chincoteague, Wallops Island, Melfa, Exmore, Cape Charles, Cheapside, Fishermans Island, Kiptopeke, Kiptopeke State Park, and Plantation 117 PM EST Sun Jan 22 2017 ...FOG ACROSS THE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE... Fog has overspread the Maryland and Virginia eastern shore areas this afternoon. Visibilities have dropped to one half mile or less in many locations. Given the mild and moist airmass, the fog is expected to continue throughout the afternoon along with some light rain or drizzle. Motorists should be alert for sudden changes in visibility due to the areas of fog. Drive at reduced speeds, and use low beam headlights only.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:43 AM EST | Gale Warning | AKQ | 36 hr | |
| Jan 22, 3:09 PM EST | Wind Advisory | AKQ | Accomack | 25 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 14 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Advisories in Virginia, 2017High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2017High Surf Advisories in Maryland, 2017Every high surf advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.