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Tropical Storm Warning 1005, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 7, 202114 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tropical storm warning at Jul 7, 2021, 11:21 PM EDT for 14 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2021, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 2:11 AM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 26 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-p

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

Hodograph

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: 1478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tropical storm warning 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 tropical storm warning went out at Jul 7, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 8:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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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 8, 6:31 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	27 hr
Jul 8, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Southampton	35 min
Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	30 min
Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	26 hr
Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	36 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk	14 min
Jul 8, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		11 min
Jul 8, 6:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Prince Edward	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	32 min
Jul 8, 6:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry and 5 more	4 hr
Jul 8, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	24 min
Jul 8, 7:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg	9 hr
Jul 8, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		36 min
Jul 8, 7:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, James City and 8 more	4 hr
Jul 8, 7:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more	6 hr
Jul 8, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	47 min
Jul 8, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Gates, Hertford	36 min
Jul 8, 7:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	36 min

Nearby

Tropical Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2021 Tropical Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2021 Tropical Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2021 Every tropical storm warning in 2021

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.