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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 28, 1988Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Nov 28, 1988, 3:15 AM EST for Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, Virginia. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 1988, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 1988, 4:15 AM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Cape Hatteras, NC at 00:00Z on 1988-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cape Hatteras, NC at 00:00Z on 1988-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 3:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hampton65 min

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.