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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 3, 2006Bertie County, Chowan County, Perquimans County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2006, 12:12 PM EDT for Bertie County, Chowan County, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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: Apr 3, 2006, 12:12 PM EDT (16:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bertie County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Perquimans County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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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 Apr 3, 11:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 11:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:10 AM EDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
410 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

ANZ650-MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>071-079-080-040815-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT
20 NM-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-
MARYLAND BEACHES-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-
GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-
POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-
410 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY...
A COLD FRONT WILL BE CROSSING THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

ANZ630>633-652-654-656-658-670-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ072>078-
081>100-040815-
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-
CURRITUCK SOUND-
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-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-
INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-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-
410 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A COLD FRONT WILL BE CROSSING THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A
MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
WAKEFIELD, VA CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING
(LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:16 AM EDT, 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 1:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		94 min
Apr 3, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	40 min
Apr 3, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	42 min
Apr 3, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Louisa	23 min
Apr 3, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	48 min
Apr 3, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond	23 min
Apr 3, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg	30 min
Apr 3, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William, City of Richmond	28 min
Apr 3, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Nottoway, Prince George, Sussex	39 min
Apr 3, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, Richmond, Westmoreland	24 min
Apr 3, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	45 min
Apr 3, 11:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie	44 min
Apr 3, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	45 min
Apr 3, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Currituck	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006 Every 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.