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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 6, 2020Dorchester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2020, 5:39 AM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 51 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 6, 2020, 5:39 AM EDT (09:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2020, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Dorchester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 1920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 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 Aug 6, 2:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 12:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:39 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 5, 8:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond	3 hr
Aug 5, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Richmond	43 min
Aug 5, 8:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico	3 hr
Aug 5, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, New Kent	42 min
Aug 6, 5:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	45 min
Aug 6, 6:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg	47 min
Aug 6, 7:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	38 min
Aug 6, 10:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester and 22 more	15 hr
Aug 6, 1:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northumberland	3 hr
Aug 6, 1:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Northumberland	3 hr
Aug 6, 1:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William	2 hr
Aug 6, 1:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Aug 6, 2:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Aug 6, 2:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	3 hr
Aug 6, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex	47 min
Aug 6, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry, Sussex	40 min
Aug 6, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		41 min
Aug 6, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		63 min
Aug 6, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mathews	44 min
Aug 6, 3:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Sussex	3 hr
Aug 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mathews, Middlesex	38 min
Aug 6, 3:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Mathews, Middlesex	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	43 min
Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	50 min
Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	48 min
Aug 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin	43 min
Aug 6, 4:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Hanover, Henrico	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Gloucester	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	2 hr
Aug 6, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	41 min
Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Henrico, City of Richmond	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	42 min
Aug 6, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	55 min
Aug 6, 5:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northampton	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	42 min
Aug 6, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	40 min
Aug 6, 5:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Hanover	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland	15 min
Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Hanover	43 min
Aug 6, 5:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	49 min
Aug 6, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Louisa	31 min
Aug 6, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan	50 min
Aug 6, 6:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway	3 hr
Aug 6, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	3 hr
Aug 6, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	41 min
Aug 6, 6:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	40 min
Aug 6, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin	59 min
Aug 6, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Goochland, Louisa	43 min
Aug 6, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Powhatan	28 min
Aug 6, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie	39 min
Aug 6, 6:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Mathews, Middlesex	7 min
Aug 6, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	3 hr
Aug 6, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Chesterfield, Hanover, Powhatan, City of Richmond	46 min
Aug 6, 7:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Lunenburg	3 hr
Aug 6, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway, Prince Edward	62 min
Aug 6, 5:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	38 min
Aug 6, 7:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	56 min
Aug 6, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	57 min
Aug 6, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Camden, Currituck	3 hr
Aug 6, 6:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank	3 hr
Aug 6, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	65 min
Aug 6, 7:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	41 min
Aug 6, 8:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	45 min
Aug 6, 8:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	60 min
Aug 6, 9:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	42 min
Aug 6, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	39 min
Aug 6, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	43 min
Aug 6, 3:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Wicomico	3 hr
Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	46 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.