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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2017, 10:49 PM EDT for Accomack County, Virginia. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 1, 2017, 10:49 PM EDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2017, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Accomack County, VA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
996
WWUS81 KAKQ 020249
SPSAKQ
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1049 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017
VAZ099-020330-
Accomack-
1049 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2017
...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ACCOMACK
COUNTY...
At 1049 PM EDT, a thunderstorm with heavy rain was located 11 miles
east of Onley, or 18 miles northeast of Exmore, moving east at 20
mph.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Onancock, Onley, Accomac, Melfa, Wachapreague, Keller, Locustville,
Harborton, Pungoteague and Tasley.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike more than 10 miles away from a thunderstorm.
Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3770 7552 3769 7553 3767 7554 3765 7554
3763 7555 3760 7556 3762 7590 3773 7589
3774 7587 3775 7587 3780 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 278DEG 19KT 3766 7552
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond, Westmoreland | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northumberland | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northumberland | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 63 min | |
| Jul 2, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Pasquotank | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 44 min |
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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.