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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 3, 2006Amelia County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2006, 3:52 PM EDT for Amelia County, Virginia. It was in force for 23 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
Jul 3, 2006, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Amelia County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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
Jul 3, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2006-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 Jul 3, 11:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 11:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 5:57 AM EDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
557 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-670-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-
102-VAZ048-049-060>100-041000-
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 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-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-
557 AM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS SOUTHEAST
MARYLAND...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN
AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES
TO CLIMB BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON...
HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE COASTS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON INDEPENDENCE
DAY...WITH HEAT INDICES AGAIN BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES DURING
THE AFTERNOON.

OTHERWISE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THREATS WILL INCLUDE SEVERE WIND GUSTS...
LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY.

HURLEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:24 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
324 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

VAZ095-097-098-032030-
CHESAPEAKE VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
324 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ACROSS TIDEWATER...

AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM OVER DOWNTOWN NORFOLK...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR GREENBRIER AT 330 PM
EDT...KEMPSVILLE AT 340 PM EDT...GALLUPS CORNER AT 345 PM
EDT...PRINCESS ANNE PLAZA AT 350 PM EDT...LYNNHAVEN AT 355 PM
EDT...OCEANA NAS AT 400 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

44
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:26 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
326 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

VAZ071-082-083-090-032015-
CHARLES CITY VA-HENRICO VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-
326 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST OF RICHMOND...

AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROXBURY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR ADKINS STORE AT 330 PM EDT...ROACHES
CORNER AT 340 PM EDT...CHICKAHOMINY SHORES AT 400 PM EDT...MOUNT AIRY
AT 405 PM EDT...DIASCUND AT 410 PM EDT...WARREN MILL AT 415 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

CULLEN
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
332 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

VAZ095-097-098-032015-
CHESAPEAKE VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
332 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...THUNDERSTORMS OVER HAMPTON ROADS...

AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN NORFOLK TO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
AFFECT THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...NORFOLK...PORTSMOUTH AND VIRGINIA
BEACH THROUGH 415 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THESE STORMS REACH YOUR
AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland44 min
Jul 3, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ56 min
Jul 3, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton31 min
Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ65 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.