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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Wakefield, VA

March 13, 2023Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Mar 13, 2023, 3:46 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Mar 14, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2023, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2023, 3:06 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 12:00Z, 7.8 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 12:00Z on 2023-03-13Temperature 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 2023-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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 13, 2:51 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQJames City, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg4 hr
Mar 13, 2:51 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningAKQNorthumberland, Westmoreland8 hr
Mar 13, 3:09 AM EDTFreeze WatchAKQSouthampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Virginia Beach24 hr
Mar 13, 3:09 AM EDTFreeze WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin30 hr
Mar 13, 3:28 AM EDTGale WarningAKQ63 hr
Mar 13, 3:16 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQAccomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Westmoreland9 hr
Mar 13, 6:31 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryAKQCurrituck5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.