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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 19, 2002City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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 19, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 6:40 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

County City of Virginia Beach, VA

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 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 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 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 
WUUS51 KAKQ 192213
SVRAKQ
VAC810-192240-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
612 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 640 PM EDT

* AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BACK BAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  MUNDEN AT 615 PM
  SANDBRIDGE BEACH AT 620 PM

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 80 MILES AN HOUR.
  SOME THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.



$$

NS
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LAT...LON 3676 7609 3659 7616 3645 7572 3666 7563

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, City of Hopewell32 min
Apr 19, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSussex30 min
Apr 19, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ57 min
Apr 19, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ57 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ31 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.