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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 2, 2003Dorchester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2003, 6:04 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2003, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2003, 6:55 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dorchester County, MD

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2003-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1722 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 2003-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1722 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 
WFUS51 KAKQ 022204
TORAKQ
MDC019-022250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
603 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND

* UNTIL 655 PM EDT

* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  TAYLORS ISLAND...OR ABOUT OVER COVE POINT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TAYLORS ISLAND AROUND 610 PM EDT...
  WOOLFORD AROUND 620 PM EDT...
  CHURCH CREEK AROUND 625 PM EDT...
  BUCKTOWN AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  LINKWOOD AROUND 645 PM EDT...

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3847 7651 3830 7646 3840 7572 3864 7579
$$

HURLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset42 min
Sep 2, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQWorcester30 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.