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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 7, 202247 counties in Virginia; Northampton County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2022, 3:41 AM EST for 47 counties in Virginia; Northampton County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Mar 7, 2022, 9:51 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2022, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2022, 9:51 AM EST
Expired
Mar 7, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
All 52 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Northampton County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2022-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 5:56 AM ESTLow Water AdvisoryAKQ15 hr
Mar 7, 6:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan46 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2022Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2022Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2022Every wind advisory in 2022

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.