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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 23, 2018Bertie County, Hertford County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2018, 9:21 PM EDT for Bertie County, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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 23, 2018, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Bertie County, NC, Hertford County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 7:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:00 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:01 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 9:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	51 min
Jul 23, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson and 3 more	45 min
Jul 23, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Buckingham	29 min
Jul 23, 9:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 2 more	42 min
Jul 23, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Franklin	42 min
Jul 23, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	49 min
Jul 23, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 4 more	46 min
Jul 24, 12:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	41 min
Jul 24, 3:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	57 min
Jul 24, 3:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	47 min
Jul 24, 4:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Suffolk	6 hr
Jul 24, 5:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	40 min
Jul 24, 5:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Williamsburg	42 min
Jul 24, 5:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Middlesex	42 min
Jul 24, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	46 min
Jul 24, 6:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	49 min
Jul 24, 6:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Middlesex, York, City of Williamsburg	46 min
Jul 24, 6:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	3 hr
Jul 24, 7:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	42 min
Jul 24, 7:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jul 24, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 1 more	47 min
Jul 24, 10:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	6 hr
Jul 24, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	38 min
Jul 24, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	57 min
Jul 24, 4:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	6 hr
Jul 24, 11:21 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:28 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	12 hr
Jul 23, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank	50 min
Jul 24, 1:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Gates	53 min
Jul 24, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	62 min
Jul 24, 5:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	3 hr
Jul 24, 8:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 24, 11:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans	6 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.