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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 19, 2000City of Hopewell, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2000, 5:01 PM EDT for City of Hopewell, Virginia. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 19, 2000, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2000, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County City of Hopewell, VA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2000-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1005 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KAKQ 192101
TORAKQ
VAC036-149-670-192130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
501 PM EDT WED JUL 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF HOPEWELL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR
  HOPEWELL AT 505 PM
  JORDANS POINT AT 520 PM
  GARYSVILLE AT 525 PM
  BARNETTS AT 530 PM

GO TO A BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

$$

NS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George29 min
Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSurry35 min
Jul 19, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQJames City, York, City of Newport News35 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.