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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 1, 2020Gates County, Hertford County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2020, 4:18 PM EDT for Gates County, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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 1, 2020, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2020, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ29 min
Aug 1, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack56 min
Aug 1, 12:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton42 min
Aug 1, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ54 min
Aug 1, 2:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ56 min
Aug 1, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth28 min
Aug 1, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQYork, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson and 2 more48 min
Aug 1, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach2 hr
Aug 1, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Jul 31, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton39 min
Aug 1, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates, Hertford31 min
Aug 1, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank49 min
Aug 1, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQHertford, Northampton3 hr
Aug 1, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank45 min

Nearby

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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.