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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 18, 20229 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2022, 3:59 AM EDT for 9 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Somerset County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Apr 18, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2022, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2022, 10:04 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Northampton County, VA, York County, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-04-18Temperature 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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
Apr 18, 1:23 AM EDTGale WarningAKQ29 hr
Apr 18, 4:05 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Virginia Beach22 hr
Apr 18, 4:05 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach26 hr
Apr 18, 5:52 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ39 hr

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.