Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2005, 6:40 PM EDT for Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 22 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2005, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2005, 7:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Nottoway County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Blackstone, VA | TREES DOWN AT RTE 46 AND WEST ENTRANCE ROAD 1 TREE DOWN RTE 40 AND WEST ENTRANCE ROAD. |
| Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | Dominy Corner, VA | F0 TORNADO. DAMAGED PART OF THE ROOF OF A HANGER AT BLACKSTONE ARMY AIR FIELD. ALSO DAMAGE TO 2 PLANES AND TREES DOWN. INTERMITTENT PATH LENGTH OF ONE HALF MILE. TORNADO ESTIMATED TO BE 60 YARDS WIDE. |
| Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | Dominy Corner, VA | F0 TORNADO. DAMAGED PART OF THE ROOF OF A HANGER AT BLACKSTONE ARMY AIR FIELD. ALSO DAMAGE TO 2 PLANES AND TREES DOWN. INTERMITTENT PATH LENGTH OF ONE QUARTER MILE. TORNADO ESTIMATED TO BE 60 YARDS WIDE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KAKQ 132240 TORAKQ VAC135-132315- /O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0013.050713T2240Z-050713T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 640 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NOTTOWAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORKLAND... OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF BLACKSTONE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... FORT PICKETT AND IRBY BY 650 PM EDT... BLACKSTONE AIRPORT BY 655 PM EDT... BLACKSTONE AND DOMINY CORNER BY 700 PM EDT... NOTTOWAY AND PATTERSONS STORE BY 715 PM EDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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. PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4. LAT...LON 3696 7801 3698 7790 3723 7796 3718 7816 $$ MALOIT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KAKQ 132302 SVSAKQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 701 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 VAC135-132311- /O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050713T2315Z/ NOTTOWAY VA- 701 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NOTTOWAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BENEATH SEVERE LEVELS THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...SO INTERESTS IN NOTTOWAY COUNTY SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 3696 7801 3699 7790 3723 7796 3718 7816 $$ MALOIT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Middlesex | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 4:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 82 min |
| Jul 13, 8:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 85 min |
| Jul 13, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.