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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 16, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties Caroline County, VA, Essex County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 16, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 539 AM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021 MDZ022>024-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ077-078-081>090-092-093-095>098- 518-520-522>525-170945- Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Northampton-Hertford-Gates- Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans- Eastern Currituck-Northumberland-Lancaster-Prince George- Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville- Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth- Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-Eastern King William- Eastern King and Queen-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News- Hampton/Poquoson- 539 AM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Heavy rain today may produce localized flash flooding. .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-VAZ099-100-170945- Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 539 AM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, eastern Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and 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. Heavy rain today may produce localized flash flooding. .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. MDZ021-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075-076-079-080-509>517-519-521-170945- Dorchester-Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline- Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond- Brunswick-Dinwiddie-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-Western King and Queen-Western Essex- 539 AM EDT Mon Aug 16 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, central Virginia, east central Virginia, north central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Heavy rain today may produce localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Additional rounds of heavy rainfall may lead to localized flooding Tuesday and Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 118 min |
| Aug 16, 2:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Southampton | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Richmond | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 2:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 2:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Newport News | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Henrico | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Henrico | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 114 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chesterfield | 112 min |
| Aug 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Dorchester | 2 hr |
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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.