Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2001, 12:15 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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 26, 2001, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2001, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Middlesex County, VA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Hartfield, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KAKQ 261616 SVRAKQ VAC103-119-261645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1215 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LANCASTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA * UNTIL 1245 PM EDT * AT 1215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED HAIL BETWEEN NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG AROUND 1130 AM. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WAKE AND HARTFIELD AT 1220 PM GREYS POINT AND HARDYVILLE AT 1225 PM PALMER AND WHITE STONE AT 1230 PM FOXWELLS AND CHRIST CHURCH AT 1235 PM KILMARNOCK AT 1240 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. VERY FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. $$ 25 &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Powhatan | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland | 34 min |
| May 26, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | James City, York, City of Williamsburg | 25 min |
| May 26, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster | 30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.