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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 15, 2006Bertie County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2006, 5:04 PM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
May 15, 2006, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bertie County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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
May 15, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ61 min
May 15, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ44 min
May 15, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ43 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.