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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 14, 2006Wicomico County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 2006, 4:01 AM EST for Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2006, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2006, 4:30 AM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wicomico County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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
Jan 14, 2:46 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 14, 3:50 AM EST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 3:50 AM EST, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 11:40 AM EST, 16 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1140 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

ANZ633-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-
141645-
CURRITUCK SOUND-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-
MARYLAND BEACHES-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-
INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-
CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-BRUNSWICK-
DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-
MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-
SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
1140 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF AN...SOUTHEAST
MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT WILL BE CROSSING THE REGION TONIGHT. ACCOMPANYING THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE THE
MAIN THREAT FROM ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MODERATE TO STRONG...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE LOWER
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

ANZ630>632-650-652-654-656-658-670-141645-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
20 NM-
WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM
20 TO 40 NM-
1140 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF AN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT WILL BE CROSSING THE REGION TONIGHT. ACCOMPANYING THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS
THE MARINE AREA TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES
ARE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

44

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 14, 1:06 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
106 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

NCZ012-VAZ079-080-087-088-140815-
NORTHAMPTON NC-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARGARETTSVILLE...LAWRENCEVILLE...
EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD
106 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BRUNSWICK...GREENSVILLE
WESTERN SUSSEX AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 2 AM...

AT 105 AM...RADAR SHOWED A NEW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR DINWIDDIE...THROUGH ALBERTA AND LAKE GASTON...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM
DINWIDDIE...THROUGH BRUNSWICK...EMPORIA...STONY CREEK...AND
JACKSON THROUGH 2 AM.

EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING. THE BRIEF WIND GUSTS MAY KNOCK DOWN SMALL TREE BRANCHES
AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE DEBRIS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

NS
Local storm report, Jan 14, 1:53 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
153 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COCHRAN                 36.84N 77.91W
01/14/2006                   BRUNSWICK          VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN RTE 1 BLOCKING ROADWAY

&&

WA
Local storm report, Jan 14, 1:56 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
156 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0142 AM     HAIL             4 N STONY CREEK         37.01N 77.40W
01/14/2006  0.88 INCH        DINWIDDIE          VA   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 50 MPH WIND GUSTS

&&

WA
Local storm report, Jan 14, 2:04 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
204 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0159 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JARRATT                 36.82N 77.47W
01/14/2006                   SUSSEX             VA   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG RT 619

&&

WA
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 2:38 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
238 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

NCZ014>017-031-032-102-VAZ093-095>098-100-140845-
GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-
OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-NORTHAMPTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...
EASTVILLE
238 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

THROUGH 330 AM...A BROAD CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
INTO THE REGION...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS PRODUCING WINDS UP TO
50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

BROWN
Local storm report, Jan 14, 3:42 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 1:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg35 min
Jan 14, 1:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg35 min
Jan 14, 1:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia27 min
Jan 14, 1:48 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent42 min
Jan 14, 1:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Surry, Sussex61 min
Jan 14, 2:04 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William41 min
Jan 14, 2:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton36 min
Jan 14, 2:20 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Richmond35 min
Jan 14, 2:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWestmoreland24 min
Jan 14, 2:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland53 min
Jan 14, 3:05 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth25 min
Jan 14, 3:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Suffolk61 min
Jan 14, 3:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQYork, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson38 min
Jan 14, 3:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach62 min
Jan 14, 3:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach60 min
Jan 14, 3:35 AM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Virginia Beach25 min
Jan 14, 3:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth24 min
Jan 14, 3:44 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ2 hr
Jan 14, 3:50 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ85 min
Jan 14, 4:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton47 min
Jan 14, 4:23 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ97 min
Jan 14, 3:55 PM ESTWind AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Caroline, Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Mathews and 8 more24 hr
Jan 14, 1:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton63 min
Jan 14, 2:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie40 min
Jan 14, 2:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHertford45 min
Jan 14, 4:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSomerset, Worcester61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.