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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 3, 2020Nottoway County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2020, 12:59 AM EDT for Nottoway County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 46 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 3, 2020, 12:59 AM EDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2020, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Nottoway County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 3, 12:56 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 12:56 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 12:37 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 9:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 10:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 12:59 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 2, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	36 min
Aug 2, 10:51 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 33 more	43 hr
Aug 3, 1:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	52 min
Aug 3, 10:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		61 min
Aug 3, 11:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Aug 3, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	41 min
Aug 3, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	48 min
Aug 3, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Aug 3, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Franklin	51 min
Aug 3, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		66 min
Aug 3, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg	33 min
Aug 3, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Petersburg	50 min
Aug 3, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	52 min
Aug 3, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, York, City of Williamsburg	48 min
Aug 3, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, James City, New Kent, Prince George and 4 more	56 min
Aug 3, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward	65 min
Aug 3, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster and 6 more	60 min
Aug 3, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	67 min
Aug 3, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	54 min
Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	24 hr
Aug 3, 5:18 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Westmoreland	24 hr
Aug 3, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	47 min
Aug 3, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	46 min
Aug 3, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Henrico, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan and 1 more	43 min
Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	24 hr
Aug 3, 10:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	62 min
Aug 3, 10:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan	28 min
Aug 3, 11:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	43 min
Aug 3, 11:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	45 min
Aug 3, 11:35 AM EDT	Storm Surge Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	24 hr
Aug 3, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden	26 min
Aug 2, 10:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	41 min
Aug 3, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	48 min
Aug 3, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	56 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.