Alert archive / Virginia / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this rip current statement at Sep 14, 2019, 8:22 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Sep 15, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2019, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 15, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
534
WHUS41 KAKQ 150022
CFWAKQ
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
822 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019
NCZ102-VAZ098-150830-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0000Z/
/O.EXP.KAKQ.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KAKQ.RP.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/
Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-
822 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT Sunday
through Sunday evening. A High Rip Current Risk has also been
issued. This High Rip Current Risk is in effect from 8 AM EDT
Sunday through Sunday evening.
* LOCATION...Ocean side beaches from Maryland through Virginia
and northeast North Carolina.
* TIMING...From 8 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday evening.
* SURF OR RIP CURRENT RISK...There is 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.
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.
&&
$$
MDZ025-VAZ099-100-150130-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0000Z/
/O.EXP.KAKQ.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0000Z/
Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton-
822 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...
$$
Butner2 follow-up statements
128 WHUS41 KAKQ 150024 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 824 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 NCZ102-VAZ098-150830- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/ Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach- 824 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...Ocean side beaches of Virginia Beach and northeast North Carolina. * TIMING...From 8 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday evening. * SURF OR RIP CURRENT RISK...There is 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. 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. && $$
870 WHUS41 KAKQ 150802 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 402 AM EDT Sun Sep 15 2019 MDZ025-VAZ099-100-160000- /O.EXA.KAKQ.BH.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KAKQ.RP.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 402 AM EDT Sun Sep 15 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. A High Rip Current Risk has also been issued. This High Rip Current Risk is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * LOCATION...Maryland beaches and the Lower Eastern Shore. * TIMING...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * SURF OR RIP CURRENT RISK...There is a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when threats such as rip currents...longshore currents...sneaker waves and other hazards create life-threatening conditions in the surf zone. Caution should be used when in or near the water. There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards...beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NCZ102-VAZ098-160000- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAKQ.RP.S.0011.190915T1200Z-190916T0000Z/ Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach- 402 AM EDT Sun Sep 15 2019 ...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...Virginia Beach and the Currituck Outer Banks. * TIMING...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * SURF OR RIP CURRENT RISK...There is 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. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:22 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 24 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Virginia, 2019Rip Current Statements in North Carolina, 2019Rip Current Statements in Maryland, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.