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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 18, 2025, 9:07 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2025, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement 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 beach hazards statement went out at Aug 18, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 314 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075-079-080-509>517-519-521-191915- Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg- Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Brunswick-Dinwiddie- Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover- Western Chesterfield-Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Western King and Queen-Western Essex- 314 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Virginia, east central Virginia, north central Virginia and south central Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ021>024-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ076>078-081>090-092-093-095>097-518- 520-522>525-191915- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Northampton-Hertford- Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans- Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster- Prince George (including Hopewell and Petersburg)-Charles City- New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville-Sussex-Surry- James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth-Suffolk- Chesapeake-Eastern King William-Eastern King and Queen-Eastern Essex- York-Newport News-Hampton/Poquoson- 314 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening have the potential to produce heavy rainfall and localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-191915- Maryland Beaches-Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-Accomack- Northampton- 314 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, northeast North Carolina, eastern Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Beach Hazards Statement. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. Scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening have the potential to produce heavy rainfall and localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Swell from Hurricane Erin will bring a high risk of dangerous rip currents beginning Tuesday and continuing for much of the week. Additionally, breezy conditions are possible along the coast Wednesday night into Thursday as the wind field from Erin expands. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Newport News | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Newport News | 117 min |
| Aug 19, 2:52 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach | 4 days |
| Aug 19, 5:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 81 min | |
| Aug 19, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 30 min | |
| Aug 19, 7:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 45 min | |
| Aug 19, 7:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 43 min | |
| Aug 19, 8:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen and 17 more | 48 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:12 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 3 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Virginia, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in Maryland, 2025Every beach hazards statement in 2025
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.