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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 18, 2021Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 18, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It took effect at Sep 19, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2021, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 19, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 19, 2021, 7:31 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Currituck County, NC, City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2021-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2021-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

192 
WHUS41 KAKQ 182322
CFWAKQ

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
722 PM EDT Sat Sep 18 2021

NCZ102-VAZ098-190730-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-210919T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0012.210919T1200Z-210920T0000Z/
Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-
722 PM EDT Sat Sep 18 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Virginia, the Atlantic Beaches of Virginia Beach. In
  North Carolina, the Atlantic Beaches of Eastern Currituck 
  County.

* WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

MDZ025-VAZ099-100-190030-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-210919T0000Z/
Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton-
722 PM EDT Sat Sep 18 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

$$
3 follow-up statements
063 
WHUS41 KAKQ 190737
CFWAKQ

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
337 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

NCZ102-VAZ098-191545-
/O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0012.210919T1200Z-210920T0000Z/
Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-
337 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Virginia, the Atlantic Beaches of Virginia Beach. 
  In North Carolina, the Atlantic Beaches of Eastern Currituck 
  County.

* WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
569 
WHUS41 KAKQ 191356
CFWAKQ

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
956 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

NCZ102-VAZ098-200000-
/O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210920T0000Z/
Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-
956 AM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Virginia, the Atlantic Beaches of Virginia Beach. 
  In North Carolina, the Atlantic Beaches of Eastern Currituck 
  County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
105 
WHUS41 KAKQ 192331
CFWAKQ

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
731 PM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

NCZ102-VAZ098-200045-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210920T0000Z/
Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-
731 PM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

$$

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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.