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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 11, 2004Bertie County, Chowan County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2004, 9:43 PM EDT for Bertie County, Chowan County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 11, 2004, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2004, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bertie County, NC, Chowan County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2004-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1315 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 2004-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KAKQ 120143
TORAKQ
NCC015-041-120215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
943 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
  CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 941 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLERAIN...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF RYLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ARROWHEAD BEACH BY 950 PM EDT...
  ROCKYHOCK...MILL CROSSROADS...SMALLS CROSSROADS AND TYNER BY 955 PM
  EDT...
  CISCO...CENTER HILL AND MAVATON BY 1000 PM EDT...
  VALHALLA AND MACEDONIA BY 1005 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 3604 7662 3622 7690 3621 7675 3613 7676
          3612 7672 3618 7672 3629 7667 3629 7663
          3625 7659 3611 7660 3606 7652 3600 7655

$$

DR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHertford28 min
Jun 11, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton24 min
Jun 11, 9:24 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQHertford21 min
Jun 11, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton30 min
Jun 11, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHertford29 min
Jun 11, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChowan31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.