Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2004, 2:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 25, 2004, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2004, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties City of Franklin, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
769 WFUS51 KAKQ 251827 TORAKQ VAC093-175-620-800-251900- ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 227 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CITY OF FRANKLIN IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STORY...OR ABOUT OVER COURTLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... FRANKLIN BY 235 PM EDT... LEES MILL AND BURDETTE BY 240 PM EDT... CARRSVILLE...ELWOOD AND WALTERS BY 245 PM EDT... HOLLAND AND COLLOSSE BY 250 PM EDT... BOAZ BY 255 PM EDT... LUMMIS BY 300 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3676 7714 3658 7710 3662 7659 3684 7662 $$ NS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 11:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg | 18 min |
| Jun 25, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Sussex | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 48 min | |
| Jun 25, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 48 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Jun 25, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 29 min | |
| Jun 25, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 29 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.