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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 193

April 21, 20004 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 21, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2000, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Calvert County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Dorchester County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Accomack County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot41 min
Apr 21, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNew Kent30 min
Apr 21, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthumberland, Westmoreland30 min
Apr 21, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland32 min
Apr 21, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack28 min
Apr 21, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWorcester33 min
Apr 21, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset31 min
Apr 21, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset28 min
Apr 21, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico29 min
Apr 21, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton47 min
Apr 21, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot30 min
Apr 21, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWorcester44 min
Apr 21, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex27 min
Apr 21, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWorcester33 min
Apr 21, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach30 min

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2000-04-21Temperature 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 2000-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 287 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 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.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNew Castle5 hr

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.