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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 16, 2021Essex County, Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Oct 16, 2021, 3:28 PM EDT for Essex County, Richmond County, Westmoreland County, Virginia. It was in force for 47 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
Oct 16, 2021, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
45

Counties Essex County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 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 Oct 16, 3:17 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 3:17 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 5:45 AM EDT, 9 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
545 AM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

MDZ022>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-
093-095>100-509>525-170945-
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-
545 AM EDT Sat Oct 16 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.

MDZ021-170945-
Dorchester-
545 AM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland.

.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.

   Coastal Flood Advisory.

.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

Special weather statement, Oct 16, 3:28 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
Oct 16, 4:53 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland9 hr
Oct 16, 7:03 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ72 hr
Oct 16, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Dinwiddie, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 4 more42 min
Oct 16, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ57 min
Oct 16, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ113 min
Oct 16, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland51 min
Oct 16, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent and 6 more47 min
Oct 16, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 9 more66 min
Oct 16, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ62 min
Oct 16, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ2 hr
Oct 16, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ94 min
Oct 16, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ51 min
Oct 16, 7:10 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQAccomack, Northampton6 hr
Oct 16, 4:53 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQDorchester11 hr
Oct 16, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester52 min
Oct 16, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSomerset, Wicomico38 min
Oct 16, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSomerset28 min
Oct 16, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester28 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.