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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 2, 2021, 8:05 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Oct 3, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2021, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2021, 3:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
250 WHUS41 KAKQ 030005 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 805 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 MDZ025-VAZ099-100-030815- /O.EXP.KAKQ.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0015.211003T1200Z-211004T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 805 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Large breaking waves and dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Maryland, Maryland Beaches County. In Virginia, Accomack and Northampton Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Breaking waves of 4 to 5 feet will result in rough surf conditions and a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ NCZ102-VAZ098-030115- /O.EXP.KAKQ.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-211003T0000Z/ Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach- 805 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$
3 follow-up statements
938 WHUS41 KAKQ 030156 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 956 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 MDZ025-VAZ099-100-031000- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0015.211003T1200Z-211004T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 956 PM EDT Sat Oct 2 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Large breaking waves and dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Maryland, Maryland Beaches County. In Virginia, Accomack and Northampton Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Breaking waves of 4 to 5 feet will result in rough surf conditions and a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
530 WHUS41 KAKQ 030716 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 316 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 MDZ025-VAZ099-100-031600- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0015.211003T1200Z-211004T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 316 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Large breaking waves and dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Maryland, Maryland Beaches County. In Virginia, Accomack and Northampton Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Breaking waves of 4 feet will result in rough surf conditions and a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
292 WHUS41 KAKQ 031931 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 331 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 MDZ025-VAZ099-100-032045- /O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-211004T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 331 PM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
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.