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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 3, 2021Dorchester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 49 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: Jul 3, 2021, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Dorchester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jul 3, 3:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 2:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
236 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-
093-095>100-509>525-041845-
Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches-
Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-
Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans-Eastern Currituck-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-Virginia Beach-
Accomack-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-
236 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 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...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
511 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021

MDZ024-025-032200-
Maryland Beaches-Inland Worcester-
511 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER
COUNTY...

At 510 PM EDT, a thunderstorm with heavy rain was located near
Millville, or 7 miles north of Ocean City, moving southeast at 30
mph.

Pea size hail and rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible
with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Ocean City, Cape Isle Of Wight, Ocean Pines, Bishop, West Ocean City,
Ocean City Municipality, Bishopville and Showell.

Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of this storm. Be
prepared for rapid changes in weather and road conditions. Heavy rain
could cause ponding of water on roads, and possible minor flooding of
ditches and poor drainage areas.

LAT...LON 3832 7506 3824 7509 3823 7509 3845 7526
      3845 7505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 327DEG 26KT 3846 7504

05

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
741 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021

MDZ021-022-040030-
Dorchester-Wicomico-
741 PM EDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
WICOMICO AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES...

At 741 PM EDT, thunderstorms with heavy rain were located along a
line extending from near Chesapeake Beach to near Trappe to Choptank.
Movement was south at 25 mph.

Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Cambridge, Hurlock, Hebron, Secretary, Vienna, University Of Maryland
Center For Environmental Studies, East New Market, Mardela Springs,
Church Creek, Brookview, Eldorado, Catchpenny, Wetipquin, Madison,
Andrews, Royal Oak, Hudson, Honga, Lloyds and Taylors Island.

Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of these storms.
Be prepared for rapid changes in weather and road conditions. Heavy
rain could cause ponding of water on roads, and possible minor
flooding of ditches and poor drainage areas.

LAT...LON 3870 7583 3836 7565 3831 7602 3833 7596
      3837 7600 3837 7601 3827 7603 3830 7613
      3824 7615 3831 7613 3839 7623 3833 7621
      3833 7622 3849 7634 3849 7632 3853 7620
      3854 7628 3863 7629 3857 7603 3868 7594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 338DEG 21KT 3871 7645 3863 7605 3866 7594

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia	44 min
Jul 2, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	33 min
Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 min
Jul 3, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	49 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.