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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 28, 2002Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 9:09 PM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 46 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: Apr 28, 2002, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 9:55 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Worcester County, MD

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 9:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Berlin, MD	Trees down on Purnell Crossing Road.

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
Apr 28, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.3
Supercell composite: 12.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KAKQ 290109
SVRAKQ
MDC047-290155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
909 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND

* UNTIL 955 PM EDT

* AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF WHALEYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  BERLIN AT 910 PM
  SHOWELL AT 920 PM
  BISHOP AT 925 PM
  OCEAN PINES AT 930 PM
  BISHOPVILLE AND CAPE ISLE OF WIGHT AT 935 PM
  ASSAWOMAN BAY AT 950 PM

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES.
  WINDS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

$$

CULLEN
&&
LAT...LON 3864 7508 3844 7534 3826 7531 3844 7491

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 Apr 28, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH IN WWA SECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
640 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

UPDATING ALL PRODUCTS FOR TORNADO WATCHES WHICH NOW COVER ENTIRE CWA.

AREAS OF CONCERN...CURRENTLY WATCHING 3 POSSIBLY TORNADIC CELLS OVR
S CENTRAL VA COUNTIES. ANTHR CELL CROSSING DC AREA ATTM MAY AFFECT
MD EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES IN A FEW HOURS.

MORE LATER...

FCSTID = 20
SBY   53  69  42  70 /  30   0   0  20
OXB   54  65  43  65 /  30   0   0  20
ECG   62  74  46  73 /  20   0   0  10
ORF   63  70  50  71 /  20   0   0  10
PHF   58  71  45  70 /  30   0   0  10
AKQ   57  73  44  72 /  30   0   0  10
RIC   56  71  42  71 /  30   0   0  10
FVX   55  72  42  71 /  30   0   0  10

.AKQ...
MD...SCA ATLC CSTL WTRS FENWICK ISL TO CHINCOTEAGUE. TORNADO WATCH
ALL ZONES UNTIL 10 PM.

NC...SCA ATLC CSTL WTRS NC/VA BRDR TO CURRITUCK BCH LGT...CURRITUCK
SND. TORNADO WATCH ALL ZONES UNTIL 10 PM.

VA...SCA ATLC CSTL WTRS CHINCOTEAGUE TO NC/VA BRDR...CHES BAY.
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR ZONES
VAZ048>049...VAZ060>062...VAZ069. TORNADO WATCH ALL OTHER AREAS
UNTIL 10 PM.

CULLEN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

VAZ048-049-060>062-069-290100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
450 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN VIRGINIA...

  CUMBERLAND...FLUVANNA...GOOCHLAND...LOUISA...POWHATAN AND PRINCE
  EDWARD.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE
AND THE EASTERN VIRGINIA PIEDMONT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS.

WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

CULLEN

Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD,VA
753 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    E CHASE                   VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0725 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0725 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    HAIL FROM 715 TO 725
                                          PMREPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0720 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0745 PM    IN TOWN EMPORIA           VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   EMPORIA                       REPORTED BY SPOTTERS AT
                                          RTE 58 AND MARKET ST.

Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:40 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD,VA
840 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    E CHASE                   VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY

0720 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY

0725 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY

0725 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    HAIL FROM 715 TO 725
                                          PMREPORTED BY

0745 PM    IN TOWN EMPORIA           VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   EMPORIA                        REPORTED BY

0745 PM    5 E SKIPPERS              VA   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02    TRAILERS FLIPPED HOUSES
                                          DAMAGED REPORTED BY

0800 PM    EMPORIA                   VA   TORNADO
04/28/02   DORCHESTER                     TORNADO SIGHTED AT 301
                                          AT 301 AND I95 BY TRUCKER

0805 PM    SW CAMBRIDGE CHURCH CREEK MD   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   GREENSVILLE                    SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADO
                                          SIGHTINGS FROM TAYLOR
                                          ISLAND TO CHURCH
                                          CREEKREPORTED BY

CY

Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:51 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD,VA
851 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    E CHASE                   VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY SPOTTER

0720 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   1.75 INCH HAIL 04/28/02
MECKLENBURG                               REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0725 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0725 PM    SOUTH HILL                VA   1.50 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   MECKLENBURG                    HAIL FROM 715 TO 725 PM
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS

0745 PM    IN TOWN EMPORIA           VA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/28/02   EMPORIA                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0745 PM    5 E SKIPPERS              VA   WIND DAMAGE
04/28/02   GREENSVILLE                    TRAILERS FLIPPED... HOUSES
                                          DAMAGED  ROOF OFF REPORTED
                                          BY PUBLIC

0800 PM    EMPORIA                   VA   TORNADO
04/28/02   EMPORIA                        TORNADO SIGHTED AT 301 AND
                                          I95 BY TRUCKER REPORTED BY
                                          RDU

0805 PM    SW CAMBRIDGE CHURCH CREEK MD   TORNADO
04/28/02   DORCHESTER                     SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADO
                                          SIGHTINGS FROM TAYLOR
                                          ISLAND TO CHURCH
                                          CREEKREPORTED BY EMA

CY/BH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 8:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Wicomico	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2002 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.