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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Sep 22, 2021, 2:50 PM EDT for Charles City County, New Kent County, Virginia. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 22, 2021, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 45
Counties Charles City County, VA, New Kent County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 Sep 22, 2:26 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:26 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 537 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 NCZ012-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-079>082-087-088-509>517-230945- Northampton-Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline- Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Brunswick-Dinwiddie- Prince George-Charles City-Greensville-Sussex-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- 537 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers may produce locally heavy downpours today into late tonight ahead of a strong cold front. Gusty winds will be possible late tonight into early Thursday as the front pushes across the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ013>017-030>032-VAZ075>078-083>086-089-090-092-093-095>097- 518>525-230945- Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan- Perquimans-Westmoreland-Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-New Kent- Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Surry-James City-Southampton- Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk-Chesapeake- Eastern King William-Western King and Queen-Eastern King and Queen- Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson- 537 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected across the outlook area Thursday morning into Thursday afternoon ahead of a passing strong cold front. Brief locally heavy rainfall could lead to localized flooding of urban and flood prone areas. Additionally, gusty winds are possible in thunderstorms Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ102-VAZ098-230945- Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach- 537 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina 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. Beach Hazards Statement. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected across the outlook area Thursday morning into Thursday afternoon ahead of a passing strong cold front. Brief locally heavy rainfall could lead to localized flooding of urban and flood prone areas. Additionally, gusty winds are possible in thunderstorms Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ025-VAZ099-100-230945- Maryland Beaches-Accomack-Northampton- 537 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT 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. Beach Hazards Statement. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected across the outlook area Thursday morning into Thursday afternoon ahead of a passing strong cold front. Brief locally heavy rainfall could lead to localized flooding of urban and flood prone areas. Additionally, gusty winds are possible in thunderstorms Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ021>024-230945- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester- 537 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and embedded thunderstorms are expected across the outlook area Thursday morning into Thursday afternoon ahead of a passing strong cold front. Brief locally heavy rainfall could lead to localized flooding of urban and flood prone areas. Additionally, gusty winds are possible in thunderstorms Thursday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 1:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 6:36 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:39 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Lancaster, City of Virginia Beach | 18 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:39 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland, City of Virginia Beach | 35 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 43 min |
| Sep 22, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 46 min |
| Sep 22, 2:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 116 min |
| Sep 22, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Powhatan | 44 min |
| Sep 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 118 min |
| Sep 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Goochland, Louisa | 48 min |
| Sep 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex | 49 min |
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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.