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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2018, 3:58 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Aug 1, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2018, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
299 WHUS41 KAKQ 311958 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 358 PM EDT Tue Jul 31 2018 MDZ025-VAZ099-100-010400- /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0009.180801T1200Z-180802T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.RP.S.0009.180801T1200Z-180802T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 358 PM EDT Tue Jul 31 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. A High Rip Current Risk has also been issued. This High Rip Current Risk is in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * LOCATION...Atlantic beaches of the Lower Eastern Shore. * TIMING...Wednesday. * SURF OR RIP CURRENT RISK...Breaking waves of 3 to 4 feet will result in rough surf conditions and a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards...beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
439 WHUS41 KAKQ 010724 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 324 AM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 MDZ025-VAZ099-100-011530- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0009.180801T1200Z-180802T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0009.180801T1200Z-180802T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 324 AM EDT Wed Aug 1 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...Atlantic beaches of the lower eastern shore. * TIMING...Wednesday. Low tide for eastern shore beaches occurs late this afternoon into early this evening. * SURF OR RIP CURRENT RISK...Breaking waves of 3 to 4 feet will result in rough surf conditions and a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards...beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NWS/AKQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:58 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 28 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 54 min |
| Jul 31, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 113 min |
| Jul 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Richmond | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 7:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen | 3 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Virginia, 2018Rip Current Statements in Maryland, 2018Every rip current statement in 2018
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.