Alert archive / Virginia / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Oct 23, 2017, 11:23 PM EDT for Goochland County, Louisa County, Virginia. It was in force for 52 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
- Oct 23, 2017, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2017, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Goochland County, VA, Louisa County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
981
WWUS81 KAKQ 240323
SPSAKQ
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
1123 PM EDT MON OCT 23 2017
VAZ061-062-069-509>511-240415-
Goochland-Western Hanover-Powhatan-Western Louisa-Cumberland-Eastern
Louisa-
1123 PM EDT MON OCT 23 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOUISA...NORTHEASTERN
CUMBERLAND...GOOCHLAND...NORTHWESTERN HANOVER AND NORTHWESTERN
POWHATAN COUNTIES...
At 1123 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Fife...or 9
miles west of Goochland, moving northeast at 55 mph.
Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
This storm will be near...
Hadensville and Gum Spring around 1135 PM EDT.
Mineral and Bumpass around 1150 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this storm include Orchid...Rock
Castle...Louisa Airport...Three Square...Irwin...West View...
Tabscott...Othma...Wares Crossroads and Pemberton.
Strong wind gusts are possible with this storm. These wind gusts are
capable of knocking down tree limbs...small or weakened trees...and
blowing around trash cans...potted plants...lawn furniture and other
light outdoor objects.
LAT...LON 3774 7819 3775 7816 3790 7806 3791 7807
3811 7794 3812 7792 3810 7786 3810 7784
3807 7778 3806 7778 3805 7775 3802 7775
3803 7773 3801 7772 3799 7764 3795 7762
3796 7757 3753 7806 3766 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 211DEG 49KT 3768 7805
$$
ZIMMERMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 51 min |
| Oct 23, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 42 min |
| Oct 24, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, City of Colonial Heights, City of Richmond | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 1:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 2:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 19 hr | |
| Oct 24, 3:37 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland | 3 hr |
| Oct 23, 10:17 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 11 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:58 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 12 hr |
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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.