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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 12, 1995Chowan County, Perquimans County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1995, 1:12 PM EDT for Chowan County, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1995, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1995, 1:59 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chowan County, NC, Perquimans County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1122 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 9:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:26 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
926 AM EDT MON JUN 12 1995

WBC: NONE

RDU: BUMP UP HIGHS IVOF ECG INTO MID 80S AND HIGHLIGHT THE PSBLTY OF
     STRNG TSTRMS.  ALSO INCRS POPS TO CATEGORICAL.

DSCN:
PREPARING FOR DAY TWO OF SVR WX DOWN HERE. HOWEVER...THNK MAIN THREAT
WILL BE IN AREAS WHERE ATMOS DID NOT GET TAPPED SUN. SELS HAS SLGT RISK
AREA OVR MOST OF AKQ CWA. AREAS I EXPCT TO BE BOXED LATER ON INCLUDES
THE LWR DELMARVA...HAMPTON ROADS AND NE NC. SAT LOOP AND SFC OBS ALRDY
INDCTG SOME HTNG IN THOSE AREAS WHILE THICK CLD CVR REMAINS ACROSS REST
OF MY FA. 88D SHWNG AREA OF RAIN/SHWRS MOVG NE ACROSS WRN AND NRN VA ATTM
WHILE RW/TRW DVLPNG ACROSS CNTRL AND ERN NC. EXPCT ACTVTY TO OVRSPRD FA
NXT FEW HRS. 12Z SNDGS INDCT PLNTY OF JUICE TO WORK WITH WHILE GRIDDED
DATA AND SYNOPTIC FEATURES PROVIDING THE DYNAMCS FOR MORE BOOMERS TODAY.

.RIC...80  90%  .ORF...86  80%  .SBY...81  90%  .ECG...86  80%.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSussex48 min
Jun 11, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Powhatan49 min
Jun 11, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland46 min
Jun 11, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico41 min
Jun 11, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Surry40 min
Jun 11, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton, Sussex45 min
Jun 11, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover45 min
Jun 11, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan61 min
Jun 11, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia61 min
Jun 11, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover, Louisa60 min
Jun 11, 10:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQPrince Edward29 min
Jun 11, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince Edward29 min
Jun 11, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline46 min
Jun 12, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSussex43 min
Jun 12, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake40 min
Jun 12, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach41 min
Jun 12, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hampton37 min
Jun 12, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach37 min
Jun 12, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGates42 min
Jun 12, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank47 min
Jun 12, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton62 min
Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton43 min

Nearby

Severe 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.