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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 11, 1995Charles City County, King William County, New Kent County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 1995, 7:51 PM EST for Charles City County, King William County, New Kent County, Virginia. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 7:51 PM EST (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 9:00 PM EST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charles City County, VA, King William County, VA, New Kent County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 515 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
786 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, 7:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHenrico66 min
Nov 11, 7:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville54 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, 7:57 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

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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.