Special Weather Statement
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact North Central Northampton... Southeastern Greensville And Southwestern Southampton Counties And The City Of Emporia Through 700 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 637 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Dahlia, moving southeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph, pea size hail, heavy rain, and frequent lightning.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Reduced visibility and minor flooding possible. Frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes. Locations impacted include... Emporia, Dahlia, Seaboard, Claresville, Green Plain, Branchville, Brink, Lanes Corner, Bryants Corner, Emporia Reservoir, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Hill, Margarettsville, Turners Crossroads, Little Texas, and Emporia Airport.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Northampton County, NC
- Greensville County, VA
- Southampton County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M331W4Y73JZ73CZK0TC8X187
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ff38e98e34f8f4c9ee80f4d50549f4293c942ed8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wakefield VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAKQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8111
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS81 KAKQ 212237 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON... SOUTHEASTERN GREENSVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF EMPORIA THROUGH 700 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T22:37:00-00:00...storm...298DEG...12KT...36.61,-77.52 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northampton County, NC
- Greensville County, VA
- Southampton County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037131 |
| SAME | 051081 |
| SAME | 051595 |
| SAME | 051175 |
| SAME | 051620 |
| UGC | NCZ012 |
| UGC | VAZ087 |
| UGC | VAZ092 |
- Polygons
- 36.58,-77.67 36.72,-77.55 36.64,-77.18 36.41,-77.4 36.58,-77.67