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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 13, 1998Dinwiddie County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1998, 3:55 PM EDT for Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1998, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1998, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County Dinwiddie County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1998-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1998-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 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
Jun 13, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg51 min
Jun 13, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland34 min
Jun 13, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia31 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, City of Emporia33 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa32 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPowhatan32 min
Jun 13, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin48 min
Jun 13, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline50 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond50 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Colonial Heights50 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland49 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover, King William49 min
Jun 13, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg17 min
Jun 13, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, City of Petersburg34 min
Jun 13, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hopewell34 min
Jun 13, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent50 min
Jun 13, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight33 min
Jun 13, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hampton, City of Newport News33 min
Jun 13, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland46 min
Jun 13, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMiddlesex46 min
Jun 13, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQJames City, City of Williamsburg50 min
Jun 13, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSurry50 min
Jun 13, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork46 min
Jun 13, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews46 min
Jun 13, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton33 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack46 min
Jun 13, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton33 min
Jun 13, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton36 min
Jun 13, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHertford36 min
Jun 13, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChowan, Perquimans35 min
Jun 13, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank50 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie34 min
Jun 13, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie34 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester50 min
Jun 13, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset, Wicomico47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.