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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 11, 1995Greensville County, Virginia; Northampton County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 7:21 PM EST for Greensville County, Virginia; Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 7:21 PM EST (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 8:15 PM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Northampton County, NC, Greensville County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 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
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.7

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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, 7:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHenrico66 min
Nov 11, 7:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover50 min
Nov 11, 7:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Sussex67 min
Nov 11, 7:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield67 min
Nov 11, 7:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, King William, New Kent69 min
Nov 11, 7:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton63 min
Nov 11, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen56 min
Nov 11, 8:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Suffolk55 min
Nov 11, 8:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQRichmond48 min
Nov 11, 8:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQJames City, York43 min
Nov 11, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster60 min
Nov 11, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Middlesex60 min
Nov 11, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork60 min
Nov 11, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork, City of Hampton59 min
Nov 11, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach59 min
Nov 11, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMathews59 min
Nov 11, 9:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach42 min
Nov 11, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton59 min
Nov 11, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Hertford60 min
Nov 11, 8:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGates51 min
Nov 11, 8:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChowan, Perquimans54 min
Nov 11, 9:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank53 min
Nov 11, 8:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester64 min
Nov 11, 9:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset, Wicomico56 min
Nov 11, 10:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWorcester66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.