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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 18, 2021Currituck County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 2:41 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2021, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

County Currituck County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

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

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Mixed-layer CAPE: 350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 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

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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 18, 1:54 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:54 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:09 AM EDT, 10 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 9:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
241 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

NCZ102-181900-
Eastern Currituck-
241 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK...

At 240 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Corolla, or 9
miles east of Currituck, moving east at 20 mph.

Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph and dime size hail are possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Eastern Currituck County.

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.

Strong wind gusts are possible with this storm. These wind gusts are
capable of knocking down tree limbs, small or weakened trees, and
blowing around trash cans, potted plants, lawn furniture, and other
light outdoor objects.

LAT...LON 3648 7594 3649 7593 3648 7592 3649 7590
      3649 7591 3654 7582 3635 7577 3632 7583
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 256DEG 17KT 3642 7586

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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 17, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	38 min
Jul 17, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex, New Kent	39 min
Jul 17, 8:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester	38 min
Jul 17, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		84 min
Jul 17, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Mathews, Northampton	56 min
Jul 17, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		94 min
Jul 17, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		84 min
Jul 17, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	53 min
Jul 17, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	26 min
Jul 17, 10:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack	114 min
Jul 17, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	66 min
Jul 17, 11:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	3 hr
Jul 18, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth and 2 more	63 min
Jul 18, 1:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	56 min
Jul 18, 1:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		69 min
Jul 18, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		49 min
Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		2 hr
Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	61 min
Jul 18, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield	55 min
Jul 18, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	50 min
Jul 18, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia, City of Franklin	47 min
Jul 18, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	25 min
Jul 18, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck, Pasquotank	61 min
Jul 18, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	65 min
Jul 17, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	43 min
Jul 17, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	29 min
Jul 17, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	45 min
Jul 17, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	31 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.