Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2006, 2:18 AM EDT for Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 23, 2006, 2:18 AM EDT (06:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2006, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Prince Edward County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 22, 10:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 10:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1013 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... WAL AND LWX SOUNDINGS SUGGEST AMS STILL POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE...BUT LIKELY BECOMING CAPPED. CAP A LITTLE WEAKER N AND W...AS EVIDENT BY CELL NOW NEAR CULPEPER AND MANASSAS...WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER PAST 15 MINUTES. FOR THIS REASON...WILL KEEP MENTION OF ISOLD SHOWERS AND TSTRMS FOR N AND W...BUT WILL EXPAND THE PRECIP FREE AREA OVER THE SE. HAVE ALSO CUT BACK ON SKY COVER...ESP SE...BASED ON SATELLITE TRENDS. && .MARINE... FEW CHANGES TO UPDATE. && .FIRE WEATHER... REISSUED AFTERNOON FIRE WX FORECAST...BASED ON LATER MODEL DATA...WITH SOME MODIFICATION OF TRANSPORT WIND DIRECTION WHICH WERE INADVERTENTLY GENERATED INCORRECTLY WITH EARLIER ISSUANCE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 330 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006) SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... NO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS FA ATTM (AIRMASS JUST TO WRM ALOFT). SHORT TERM FCST GOVERNED BY WHAT HAPPENS TO TSTRM COMPLEXES NOW DVLPNG TO THE W. MODELS NOT HANDLING THESE SYSTMS VRY WELL. XPCT BEST CHANCES FOR POPS WILL BE ACROSS N AND WRN CNTYS. WILL KEEP ISLTD POPS IN THRU MOST OF THE NITE...GIVEN THE CHC ANY OF THESE COMPLEXES HOLDS TOGETHER AFTR MIDNITE. RIDGE KEEPS SERN CSTL AREAS DRY. CONT RTHR HUMID WITH LOWS ONLY ARND 70. FRNTL BNDRY APPRCHS FROM THE NW BY FRI AFTRN THEN BEGINS TO STALL. LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS...THESE COMPLEXES TEND TO RPDLY DSPT DRNG ERLY AM HRS B4 FIRING UP IN THE AFTRN. THUS...WILL KEEP FRI AM DRY BUT INCRS POPS IN THE AFTRN AS MORE COMPLEXES DVLP ALONG BNDRY. HIGHEST POPS N & W. TMPS UP TO NR 90 ONCE AGAIN B4 CLDS ARRIVE. HIGH CHC POPS CONT FRI NITE AND SAT. GREATEST QPF XPCTD FROM A SBY-RIC-FVX LINE ON N & W. CUD SEE BTWN 1-3 INCHES THESE AREAS BY LATE SAT AFTRN. LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THIS PRD TO BE GOVERNED BY WHAT THE TRPLCL MSTR OFF THE SE COAST DOES. MODELS TAKE TRPLCL MSTR TOWARDS THE SERN US COAST THIS WKEND THEN TRACK IT NW INTO STALLED FRNTL BNDRY. HOWEVER...TDYS SAT LOOP SHOWS THIS MSTR NRLY STNRY RTHR THAN MOVG W. SO WITH THE UNCERTAINITY OF ITS MOVEMENT...WILL KEEP THE XTNDD FCST AS MSTLY CLDY WITH CHC POPS FOR NOW UNTIL A BETTER PICT OF WHERE THE TRPCPL MSTR GOES. OTW...SERIES OF S/WS RIDING ALONG THE BNDRY KEEPS AXIS OF HVYST QPF N & W OF FA. AVIATION... VFR WITH CHC OF ISOLATED TSTMS FOR THE LATE AFTN/EVENING. HZY CONDITIONS AT SBY BRINGING TWR VSBY TO 3-4 MILES, BUT 6+ AT THE SFC. FOG/HAZE WITH MVFR VSBY PSBL FOR EARLY AM FRI. PREFRONTAL TROF AHEAD OF APPRCHNG COLD FRONT ON FRI MRNG MAY BRING A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS. XPCT INCREASING CHC OF TSTMS FOR FRI AFTN/EVENING AS FRONT NEARS REGION. MARINE... WL MONITOR POTENTIAL FOR MARGINAL SCA FOR WINDS...WAVES AND SEAS OVER THE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH THE APPROACHING SLOW MOVING WEAK COLD FRONT. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO RAISE FLAGS AT THIS TIME. && .AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. NC...NONE. VA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...REILLY MARINE...CURRY FIRE WEATHER...REILLY/LYNCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:40 AM EDT, 20 hours 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:47 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 147 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 VAZ060-061-230615- CUMBERLAND VA-PRINCE EDWARD VA- 147 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY... AT 146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF HAMPDEN SYDNEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED HOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR TUGGLE...AND...KINGSVILLE AT 200 AM EDT... REEDS...AND...FARMVILLE AT 210 AM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:14 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 214 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 MDZ021-230700- DORCHESTER MD- 214 AM EDT FRI JUN 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO DORCHESTER COUNTY... AT 213 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTON TO COVE POINT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR CAMBRIDGE AROUND 245 AM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. CULLEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 87 min | |
| Jun 23, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 90 min | |
| Jun 23, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 83 min | |
| Jun 23, 2:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 47 min | |
| Jun 23, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 95 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 88 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 89 min | |
| Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 44 min |
| Jun 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 83 min |
| Jun 23, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.