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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 31, 2018Dorchester County, Somerset County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 31, 2018, 12:21 AM EDT for Dorchester County, Somerset County, Maryland. It was in force for 54 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: Aug 31, 2018, 12:21 AM EDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2018, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 2685 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 30, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 4:09 PM EDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
409 PM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ065-075>090-092-093-095>100-
517>525-312015-
Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches-
Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-
Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans-Eastern Currituck-Mecklenburg-Westmoreland-
Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-Dinwiddie-Prince George-
Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville-
Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-
Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-Accomack-Western King William-
Eastern King William-Western King and Queen-Eastern King and Queen-
Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson-
409 PM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast
North Carolina, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, south
central Virginia and southeast Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight could produce locally
heavy downpours and strong gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

VAZ048-060>062-064-066>069-509>516-312015-
Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Lunenburg-
Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-
Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield-
Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)-
Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico-
409 PM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, north
central Virginia and south central Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms this evening will produce locally
heavy downpours. There is also an isolated threat for severe
thunderstorms with damaging winds being the primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

TG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 30, 9:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 30, 9:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 30, 10:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 30, 10:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 12:21 AM 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
Aug 30, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Fluvanna	2 hr
Aug 30, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	29 min
Aug 30, 8:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Cumberland, Powhatan	3 hr
Aug 30, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, King William, New Kent	41 min
Aug 30, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward	43 min
Aug 30, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	24 min
Aug 30, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, City of Williamsburg	48 min
Aug 30, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	30 min
Aug 30, 9:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway	47 min
Aug 30, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, York	28 min
Aug 30, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Aug 30, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	28 min
Aug 30, 11:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Aug 31, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	46 min
Aug 31, 4:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	3 hr
Aug 31, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	39 min
Aug 31, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	23 min
Aug 31, 5:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	2 hr
Aug 31, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	26 min
Aug 31, 1:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester	42 min
Aug 31, 1:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	65 min
Aug 31, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	33 min
Aug 31, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	2 hr
Aug 31, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	42 min
Aug 31, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico	24 min
Aug 31, 6:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico	2 hr
Aug 31, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	44 min
Aug 31, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	47 min
Aug 31, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	43 min
Aug 31, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden	45 min
Aug 31, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	31 min
Aug 31, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie, Gates, Hertford	35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2018 Every special weather 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.