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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Wakefield, VA
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.
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
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.
- 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 5:56 AM EST | Low Water Advisory | AKQ | 15 hr | |
| Mar 7, 6:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan | 46 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.