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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 8, 1996Cumberland County, Goochland County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 1996, 2:17 PM EST for Cumberland County, Goochland County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 1996, 2:17 PM EST (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 1996, 2:50 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, VA, Goochland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 8, 2:30 PM ESTThunderstorm WindRock Castle, VA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 1996-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
697 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 8, 12:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSurry, Sussex48 min
Nov 8, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick31 min
Nov 8, 2:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan33 min
Nov 8, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie32 min
Nov 8, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa36 min
Nov 8, 2:46 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico19 min
Nov 8, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover35 min
Nov 8, 3:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick21 min
Nov 8, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthumberland19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.