Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2007, 3:28 PM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. 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
- Jul 28, 2007, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2007, 3:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 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 19:28 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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -118 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 Jul 28, 10:21 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:21 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 10:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1024 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102- VAZ048-049-060>100-291430- 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-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- 1024 AM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BROWN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 220 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 VAZ088-089-092-281915- SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 220 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY OVER WAVERLY... AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WAVERLY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WAKEFIELD AT 255 PM EDT...BOOTH FORK AT 310 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. WAMSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 225 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 NCZ013-281930- HERTFORD NC- 225 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...STRONG THNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL HERTFORD COUNTY... AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MURFREESBORO TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AHOSKIE...OR FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF AULANDER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF AHOSKIE. THEY WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR AHOSKIE AROUND 330 PM EDT... EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. WAMSLEY
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:43 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 243 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 NCZ030-281945- BERTIE NC- 243 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH OVER EAST CENTRAL BERTIE... AT 243 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDSOR...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WHITES CROSSROADS AT 250 PM EDT... WAKELON...AND...GOOSE POND AT 305 PM EDT...ROSEMEAD AT 320 PM EDT... COLERAIN AT 325 PM EDT...TRAP AT 340 PM EDT. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. WAMSLEY
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:06 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
306 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG CAPRON 36.71N 77.20W
07/27/2007 SOUTHAMPTON VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON PINOPOLIS RD.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG BOWERS HILL 36.78N 76.42W
07/27/2007 CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF I-664 AND US 58
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KCSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Norfolk | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | York, City of Newport News | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland | 19 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.