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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 11, 1995Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 6:18 PM EST for Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 6:18 PM EST (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 7:00 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 11, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince Edward42 min
Nov 11, 6:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland54 min
Nov 11, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Powhatan49 min
Nov 11, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNottoway49 min
Nov 11, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland52 min
Nov 11, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Dinwiddie48 min
Nov 11, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.