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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 26, 2006Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2006, 7:25 PM EDT for Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 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 26, 2006, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Prince George County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2006-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ63 min
May 26, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ41 min
May 26, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ55 min
May 26, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ46 min
May 26, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Chowan37 min
May 26, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPerquimans30 min
May 26, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPasquotank31 min
May 26, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 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.