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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at May 25, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina. It took effect at May 25, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1223 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
122 WHUS41 KAKQ 250831 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 431 AM EDT Tue May 25 2021 NCZ102-VAZ098-251645- /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.210525T1200Z-210526T0000Z/ Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach- 431 AM EDT Tue May 25 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High Rip Current Risk. * WHERE...In Virginia, Virginia Beach. In North Carolina, Eastern Currituck County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Breaking waves of 4 to 5 ft 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
700 WHUS41 KAKQ 251633 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 1233 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021 NCZ102-VAZ098-260000- /O.CON.KAKQ.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-210526T0000Z/ Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach- 1233 PM EDT Tue May 25 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High Rip Current Risk. * WHERE...In Virginia, Virginia Beach. In North Carolina, Eastern Currituck County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Breaking waves of around 4 ft will result in rough surf conditions and a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
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.