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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 11, 2019Dorchester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2019, 3:21 AM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. 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: Jun 11, 2019, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Dorchester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 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 Jun 11, 2:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:08 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 4:30 PM EDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
430 PM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019

VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075-076-079>083-509>522-112030-
Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg-
Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond-Brunswick-
Dinwiddie-Prince George-Charles City-New Kent-Western Louisa-
Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield-
Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)-
Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico-
Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen-
Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-
430 PM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Locally heavy rainfall is possible through tonight. Localized
flooding is expected with the stronger storms, especially in low
lying and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Locally heavy rain is possible Wednesday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MDZ021>024-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ077-078-084>090-092-093-095>097-
523>525-112030-
Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Northampton-Hertford-
Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans-
Northumberland-Lancaster-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville-
Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-
Suffolk-Chesapeake-York-Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson-
430 PM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms will be capable of producing locally heavy
rainfall and strong gusty winds through tonight. Localized flooding
is expected with the stronger storms, especially in low lying and poor
drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Locally heavy rain is possible Wednesday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-112030-
Maryland Beaches-Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-Accomack-
Northampton-
430 PM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

Showers and thunderstorms will be capable of producing locally heavy
rainfall and strong gusty winds through tonight. Localized flooding
is expected with the stronger storms, especially in low lying and poor
drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Locally heavy rain is possible Wednesday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LKB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 10:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:03 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:18 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:21 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
Jun 10, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	45 min
Jun 10, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	33 min
Jun 10, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland	42 min
Jun 10, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	47 min
Jun 10, 8:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Dinwiddie	119 min
Jun 10, 9:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	29 min
Jun 10, 9:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	116 min
Jun 10, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	49 min
Jun 10, 9:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	4 hr
Jun 10, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	13 min
Jun 10, 10:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	2 hr
Jun 10, 10:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	44 min
Jun 10, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	60 min
Jun 10, 11:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Franklin	46 min
Jun 11, 12:06 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	58 hr
Jun 11, 1:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	42 min
Jun 11, 2:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	6 hr
Jun 11, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	27 min
Jun 11, 5:03 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Southampton	6 days
Jun 11, 5:03 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Sussex	47 hr
Jun 11, 10:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia	40 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2019 Every special weather 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.