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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 24, 2021Fluvanna County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 7:01 PM EDT for Fluvanna County, Virginia. It was in force for 44 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 24, 2021, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

County Fluvanna County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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 24, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 4:03 AM EDT, 14 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
403 AM EDT Sat Jul 24 2021

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-
093-095>100-509>525-250815-
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-
403 AM EDT Sat Jul 24 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...Today 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

Local storm report, Jul 24, 4:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
426 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAPLEWOOD               37.32N 78.05W
07/24/2021                   AMELIA             VA   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            LANE CLOSURES ON US 360 DUE TO A DOWNED
            TREE.

&&
Local storm report, Jul 24, 5:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
511 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAPLEWOOD               37.32N 78.05W
07/24/2021                   AMELIA             VA   911 CALL CENTER

            A LINE OF TREES DOWN ALONG US 360 CAUSING
            LANE CLOSURES.

&&
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 6:09 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:12 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 2:36 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ43 hr
Jul 24, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Nottoway42 min
Jul 24, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Nottoway46 min
Jul 24, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Nottoway45 min
Jul 24, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Nottoway47 min
Jul 24, 5:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQHenrico78 min
Jul 24, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg48 min
Jul 24, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna48 min
Jul 24, 3:07 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQDorchester14 hr

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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.