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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 11, 2021City of Suffolk, Virginia; Gates County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT for City of Suffolk, Virginia; Gates County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Gates County, NC, City of Suffolk, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 11, 1:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:26 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:11 AM EDT, 10 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:48 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
148 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NCZ013-014-030-031-111815-
Hertford-Bertie-Gates-Chowan-
148 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BERTIE...
EASTERN HERTFORD...GATES AND NORTHWESTERN CHOWAN COUNTIES...

At 148 PM EDT, a thunderstorm with heavy rain was located near
Harrellsville, or near Gatesville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Gatesville, Sunbury, Gates, Winton, Cofield, Harrellsville, Roduco,
Hobbsville, Corapeake, Tunis, Newsome Store, Savage, Arrowhead Beach,
Topsy, Buckland, Carter, Dort, Reynoldson, Trotville and Eure.

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 3619 7675 3621 7675 3623 7674 3623 7673
      3624 7673 3624 7694 3654 7693 3655 7692
      3655 7654 3651 7649 3618 7670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 207DEG 31KT 3635 7676

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
215 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NCZ013-014-016-031-VAZ093-096-097-111845-
Hertford-Camden-Gates-Chowan-Isle of Wight-Suffolk-Chesapeake-
215 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT GATES ...THE
SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE AND THE CITY OF SUFFOLK...

At 215 PM EDT, a thunderstorm with heavy rain was located near Gates,
or near Sunbury, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts between 30 to 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Windsor, Gatesville, Sunbury, Downtown Suffolk, Deep Creek, Holland,
Chesapeake, Suffolk, Gates, Roduco, Hobbsville, Whaleyville,
Corapeake, Kings Fork, Gliden, Savage, Suffolk Airport, Buckland,
Carter and Wilroy.

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 3633 7675 3636 7678 3636 7683 3639 7690
      3688 7671 3683 7657 3682 7656 3682 7655
      3674 7631 3649 7646 3651 7649 3645 7649
      3635 7655 3635 7656 3633 7656 3627 7660
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 203DEG 32KT 3647 7670

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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 11, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	32 min
Jul 11, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	35 min
Jul 11, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	34 min
Jul 11, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		47 min
Jul 11, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		43 min
Jul 11, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	60 min
Jul 11, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	49 min
Jul 11, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Emporia	46 min
Jul 11, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	57 min
Jul 11, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	42 min
Jul 11, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	27 min
Jul 11, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	29 min
Jul 11, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	43 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.