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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2021, 2:16 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2021, 2:16 AM EDT (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2021, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Cumberland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 15, 1:37 AM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:37 AM EDT, 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 101 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021 MDZ021>024-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093- 095>097-100-509>525-160515- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Northampton-Hertford- Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans- Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg- Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond- Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-Dinwiddie-Prince George- Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville- Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth- Suffolk-Chesapeake-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover- Eastern Hanover-Western Chesterfield- Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News- Hampton/Poquoson- 101 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098-099-160515- Maryland Beaches-Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-Accomack- 101 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:16 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
216 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
VAZ061-062-069-150645-
Goochland-Powhatan-Cumberland-
216 AM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN GOOCHLAND AND NORTHWESTERN POWHATAN COUNTIES...
At 216 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Cumberland,
moving east northeast at 45 mph.
Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Powhatan, Cumberland, Cartersville, Trenholm, Macon, Ballsville, Rock
Castle, Oak Forest, Three Square, Whiteville, West View, Grays
Siding, Lake Powhatan, Pemberton, Goodwins Store, Hatchers, Trents
Mill, Ashby, Provost and Clinton.
If you see lightning or hear thunder, you are at risk! Take shelter
indoors immediately. If you cannot find shelter in a building a
vehicle provides safety from lightning.
LAT...LON 3762 7826 3773 7798 3750 7784 3749 7800
3750 7800 3749 7801 3748 7834 3750 7835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 256DEG 38KT 3753 7827
EIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Powhatan | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 3:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Richmond | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 5:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 5:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 5:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Jun 15, 6:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| Jun 15, 6:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Jun 15, 4:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 42 min |
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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.