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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 11, 1996Lunenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1996, 5:16 PM EDT for Lunenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 49 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
May 11, 1996, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1996, 6:05 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Lunenburg County, VA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 5:50 PM EDTThunderstorm WindVictoria, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 1996-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 1996-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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
May 11, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQFluvanna, Louisa50 min
May 11, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg62 min
May 11, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa46 min
May 11, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince Edward44 min
May 11, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Nottoway52 min
May 11, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia32 min
May 11, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Greensville, City of Emporia49 min
May 11, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield64 min
May 11, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Sussex48 min
May 11, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg48 min
May 11, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hopewell48 min
May 11, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Henrico34 min
May 11, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin29 min
May 11, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQKing William, New Kent47 min
May 11, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk47 min
May 11, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSurry47 min
May 11, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQJames City, King and Queen44 min
May 11, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Williamsburg44 min
May 11, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Middlesex49 min
May 11, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster49 min
May 11, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork49 min
May 11, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMathews48 min
May 11, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthumberland48 min
May 11, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Hertford50 min
May 11, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChowan, Gates, Perquimans49 min
May 11, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank47 min
May 11, 7:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCurrituck50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.