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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 24, 2025, 1:15 AM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland; Currituck County, North Carolina; Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2025, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2025, 4:23 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
158 WHUS41 KAKQ 240515 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 115 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025 MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-241315- /O.NEW.KAKQ.BH.S.0021.250924T0515Z-250925T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-Accomack- Northampton- 115 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...A high risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Maryland, Maryland Beaches County. In North Carolina, Eastern Currituck County. In Virginia, Virginia Beach, and Accomack and Northampton Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. Breaking waves of 3 to 4 feet will result in rough surf conditions and a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
1 follow-up statement
045 WHUS41 KAKQ 240823 CFWAKQ Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Wakefield VA 423 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025 MDZ025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-240930- /O.CAN.KAKQ.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-250925T0000Z/ Maryland Beaches-Eastern Currituck-Virginia Beach-Accomack- Northampton- 423 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 50 min |
| Sep 24, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, Richmond | 49 min |
| Sep 24, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway | 51 min |
| Sep 24, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 38 min |
| Sep 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northumberland | 28 min |
| Sep 24, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 19 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Virginia, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in Maryland, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 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.