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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Wakefield, VA

December 10, 2003City of Virginia Beach, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2003, 11:09 PM EST for City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 26 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
Dec 10, 2003, 11:09 PM EST (04:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2003, 11:35 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County City of Virginia Beach, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2003-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2003-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 10:34 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ56 min
Dec 10, 10:34 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ56 min
Dec 10, 11:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach28 min
Dec 10, 11:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ67 min
Dec 10, 11:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ67 min
Dec 11, 12:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
Dec 11, 12:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
Dec 11, 12:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
Dec 11, 12:47 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.