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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 8, 202436 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2024, 3:10 PM EST for 36 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2024, 3:10 PM EST (20:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 10, 2024, 12:01 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA

All 40 counties

Bertie County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex 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, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Powhatan 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1340 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -14 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 8, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 12:45 PM EST, 2 hours 25 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
Jan 8, 1:53 PM EST	Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more	35 hr
Jan 8, 3:10 PM EST	High Wind Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland and 3 more	33 hr
Jan 8, 3:22 PM EST	Gale Warning	AKQ		33 hr
Jan 8, 3:22 PM EST	Storm Warning	AKQ		36 hr
Jan 8, 3:39 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northumberland, Westmoreland, City of Virginia Beach	48 hr
Jan 8, 3:39 PM EST	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	51 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.