Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 11, 2002, 5:36 AM EST for Fluvanna County, Louisa County, Virginia. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 11, 2002, 5:36 AM EST (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 6:05 AM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fluvanna County, VA, Louisa County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 5:55 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Troy, VA | Trees and power lines down. |
| Nov 11, 6:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, VA | Trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 11, 3:55 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 3:55 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 11, 4:50 AM EST, 46 minutes before
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-121100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 450 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA... NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. .DAY ONE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT... PLEASE REFER TO THE DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER. THIS PRODUCT CAN BE RETRIEVED FROM THE SPC WEBSITE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS OFFSHORE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. NS THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WAKEFIELD, VA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 2:47 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
VAZ048-049-110815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 247 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO FLUVANNA AND LOUISA COUNTIES... AT 247 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF BUCKINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH... HARDWARE AND SCOTTSVILLE AROUND 250 AM CENTRAL PLAINS AND SHORES AROUND 255 AM CARYSBROOK AND CUNNINGHAM AROUND 300 AM PALMYRA AND WILMINGTON AROUND 305 AM KENTS STORE AND BYBEE AROUND 310 AM FERNCLIFF AND BYRD MILL AROUND 315 AM HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. NS && LAT...LON 3776 7862 3761 7849 3791 7790 3809 7806
Special weather statement, Nov 11, 5:13 AM EST, 23 minutes before
MDZ021-VAZ048-049-060>085-087>090-092-111615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 513 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 758 IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA AND EASTERN MARYLAND UNTIL 11 AM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THRU WESTERN VIRGINIA EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE TRACKING QUICKLY EAST...AND WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND EASTERN MARYLAND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COLD FRONT IS THE SAME FRONT THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADOES AND SEVERE WEATHER IN THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS YESTERDAY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 6:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland | 18 min |
| Nov 11, 6:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Goochland, Hanover | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 8:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 29 min |
| Nov 11, 11:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City | 27 min |
| Nov 11, 12:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Nov 11, 12:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 44 min |
| Nov 11, 1:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Nov 11, 1:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Nov 11, 12:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.