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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 1, 2001City of Suffolk, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2001, 8:07 PM EDT for City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 23 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 1, 2001, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2001, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County City of Suffolk, VA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 569 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-02The 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
569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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.

000 
WFUS51 KAKQ 020009
TORAKQ
VAC800-020030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
807 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 807 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF DRIVER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR
  DRIVER AND CRITTENDON


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

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN
OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW

$$

92
&&
LAT...LON 3688 7663 3676 7648 3697 7636 3700 7645

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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.