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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 17, 1996Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1996, 12:47 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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 17, 1996, 12:47 AM EDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1996, 1:35 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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
May 17, 12:48 AM EDTHail 0.75Farmville, VA
May 17, 1:20 AM EDTHail 0.75Rice, 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 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1112 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.