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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 7, 2019Greensville County, City of Emporia, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2019, 3:08 PM EDT for Greensville County, City of Emporia, Virginia. It was in force for 52 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 7, 2019, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2019, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties City of Emporia, VA, Greensville County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 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 Jul 7, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:07 AM EDT, 11 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:13 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:21 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:30 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:40 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:47 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:08 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 7, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	51 min
Jul 7, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	48 min
Jul 7, 12:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		92 min
Jul 7, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	41 min
Jul 7, 2:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	68 min
Jul 7, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	45 min
Jul 7, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York	41 min
Jul 7, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	47 min
Jul 7, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Poquoson	39 min
Jul 7, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	50 min
Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Poquoson	3 hr
Jul 7, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	40 min
Jul 7, 3:37 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		48 hr
Jul 7, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	50 min
Jul 7, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	47 min
Jul 7, 3:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 27 more	5 hr
Jul 7, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Portsmouth	39 min
Jul 7, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Petersburg	48 min
Jul 7, 4:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	113 min
Jul 7, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	52 min
Jul 7, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick	113 min
Jul 7, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	2 hr
Jul 7, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry	48 min
Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	115 min
Jul 7, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	51 min
Jul 7, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Mecklenburg	2 hr
Jul 7, 5:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry, Sussex	117 min
Jul 7, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	38 min
Jul 7, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights	2 hr
Jul 7, 5:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George, Surry, City of Hopewell	119 min
Jul 7, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester	45 min
Jul 7, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Prince Edward	44 min
Jul 7, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield	43 min
Jul 7, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	40 min
Jul 7, 6:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond	118 min
Jul 7, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	2 hr
Jul 7, 6:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, New Kent	113 min
Jul 7, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack	2 hr
Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	48 min
Jul 7, 7:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward	115 min
Jul 7, 7:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William	117 min
Jul 7, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	45 min
Jul 7, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Gates	43 min
Jul 7, 2:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Currituck	2 hr
Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	49 min
Jul 7, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans	46 min
Jul 7, 4:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	119 min
Jul 7, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Perquimans	48 min
Jul 7, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Chowan, Perquimans	2 hr
Jul 6, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	61 min

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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.