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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Wakefield, VA

November 11, 2002Fluvanna County, Louisa County, Virginia

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 11, 5:55 AM ESTThunderstorm WindTroy, VATrees and power lines down.
Nov 11, 6:00 AM ESTThunderstorm WindCountywide, VATrees 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 11, 1:10 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 6:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Goochland18 min
Nov 11, 6:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover27 min
Nov 11, 8:26 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover29 min
Nov 11, 11:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, James City27 min
Nov 11, 12:22 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Nov 11, 12:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach44 min
Nov 11, 1:07 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Nov 11, 1:07 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Nov 11, 12:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie43 min
Nov 11, 1:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Currituck49 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.