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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 4, 2021City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 4, 2021, 4:59 AM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2021, 4:59 AM EDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
15 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 08:59 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, 9.0 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

133 
WHUS41 KAKQ 040859
CFWAKQ

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
459 AM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

NCZ102-VAZ098-042130-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0006.210804T0859Z-210805T0000Z/
Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-
459 AM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Breaking waves of 4 to 5 ft will result in rough surf
  conditions and a high risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Virginia, Virginia Beach. In North Carolina, 
  Eastern Currituck County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions in the Atlantic Ocean.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
851 
WHUS41 KAKQ 050003
CFWAKQ

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
803 PM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

NCZ102-VAZ098-050115-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210805T0000Z/
Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-
803 PM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
Aug 4, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ30 min
Aug 4, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ63 min
Aug 4, 8:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCurrituck2 hr
Aug 4, 8:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCurrituck118 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.