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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this areal flood warning at Feb 16, 2021, 7:49 AM EST for Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2021, 7:49 AM EST (12:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2021, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mecklenburg County, VA
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 113 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Feb 16, 7:30 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 7:30 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 5:43 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 543 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 NCZ013>017-030>032-102-VAZ084-086-093-095>100-523>525-171045- Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan- Perquimans-Eastern Currituck-Gloucester-Mathews-Isle of Wight- Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-Accomack- Northampton-York-Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson- 543 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, eastern Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ012-VAZ077-078-081>083-085-087>090-092-518-520-522-171045- Northampton-Northumberland-Lancaster-Prince George-Charles City- New Kent-Middlesex-Greensville-Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton- Eastern King William-Eastern King and Queen-Eastern Essex- 543 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. There is the potential for a wintry mix of precipitation late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ064-065-075-076-079-080-511>517-519-521-171045- Caroline-Mecklenburg-Westmoreland-Richmond-Brunswick-Dinwiddie- Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield- Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Western King and Queen-Western Essex- 543 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, east central Virginia, north central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. There is the potential for a wintry mix of precipitation late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ021>025-171045- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches- 543 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. There is the potential for a wintry mix of precipitation late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. VAZ048-060>062-066>069-509-510-171045- Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Lunenburg-Nottoway- Amelia-Powhatan-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa- 543 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LKB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:14 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 21 days |
| Feb 15, 10:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent | 8 days |
| Feb 16, 2:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 26 min | |
| Feb 16, 4:10 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 28 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:42 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Sussex | 4 days |
| Feb 16, 2:47 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 37 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward | 24 hr |
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.