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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 17, 2000James City County, New Kent County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2000, 3:48 PM EDT for James City County, New Kent County, Virginia. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 17, 2000, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2000, 4:20 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties James City County, VA, New Kent County, VA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 17, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

003 
WUUS51 KAKQ 171949
SVRAKQ
VAC095-127-172020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
348 PM EDT MON APR 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  JAMES CITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 420 PM EDT

* AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF LANEXA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST
  OF CHARLES CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  LANEXA AND KINGS CORNER AT 355 PM EDT
  TOANO AT 400 PM EDT
  HOLLY FORKS AT 415 PM EDT
  ELTHAM AT 420 PM EDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.



$$

SIEBERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 11:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Powhatan43 min
Apr 17, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie44 min
Apr 17, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie39 min
Apr 17, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, City of Petersburg26 min
Apr 17, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Colonial Heights26 min
Apr 17, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince Edward25 min
Apr 17, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway27 min
Apr 17, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie30 min
Apr 17, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQDinwiddie30 min
Apr 17, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick33 min
Apr 17, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie30 min
Apr 17, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSussex30 min
Apr 17, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSussex30 min
Apr 17, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton31 min
Apr 17, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Suffolk33 min
Apr 17, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin30 min
Apr 17, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Franklin31 min
Apr 17, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Suffolk31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.