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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 19, 2017Brunswick County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2017, 8:48 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 57 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: Jun 19, 2017, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2017, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Brunswick County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

619 
WWUS81 KAKQ 200048
SPSAKQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
848 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017

VAZ065-066-079-200145-
Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Brunswick-
848 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT MECKLENBURG...
SOUTHEASTERN LUNENBURG AND WESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...

At 847 PM EDT, thunderstorms with heavy rain were located along a
line extending from near Chase City to near Boydton to 6 miles south 
of Clarksville. Movement of the line is about 10 mph to the east... 
northeast.

Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
South Hill, Chase City, Lawrenceville, Kenbridge, Brodnax, La Crosse,
Boydton, Alberta, Ebony, Dundas, Bacons Fork, Cochran, Wilburn,
Beechwood, Gills Corner, Dolphin, Bowens Corner, Finchley,
Meredithville and Forksville.

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 3659 7851 3676 7854 3702 7800 3699 7797
      3698 7792 3683 7775 3654 7796 3654 7858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 250DEG 20KT 3671 7846 3662 7844 3653 7856 

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BROWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		32 min
Jun 19, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia	62 min
Jun 19, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Emporia, City of Franklin and 3 more	65 min
Jun 19, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Mathews, Northampton, York	57 min
Jun 20, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 1 more	63 min
Jun 20, 12:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	46 min
Jun 20, 1:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	65 min
Jun 20, 2:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	57 min
Jun 20, 3:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	97 min
Jun 20, 5:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	87 min
Jun 20, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	65 min
Jun 19, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	44 min
Jun 19, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	53 min

Nearby

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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.