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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 4, 2024Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this wind advisory at Dec 4, 2024, 2:48 AM EST for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Dec 5, 2024, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2024, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 5, 2024, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 5, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 330 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2024-12-04Temperature 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2024-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 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
Dec 4, 2:48 PM ESTLow Water AdvisoryAKQ20 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.