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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 13, 2005Nottoway County, Virginia

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.

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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBlackstone, VATREES DOWN AT RTE 46 AND WEST ENTRANCE ROAD 1 TREE DOWN RTE 40 AND WEST ENTRANCE ROAD.
Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDTTORNADODominy Corner, VAF0 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 EDTTORNADODominy Corner, VAF0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMiddlesex27 min
Jul 13, 4:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake82 min
Jul 13, 8:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach85 min
Jul 13, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Surry33 min
Jul 13, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.