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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 9, 2007Pasquotank County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2007, 2:56 AM EDT for Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 9, 2007, 2:56 AM EDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2007, 3:26 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pasquotank County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 308 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1334 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 Jun 9, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:30 AM EDT, 21 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
530 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>098-090930-
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-
530 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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 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
A SOUTHWEST FLOW AROUND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
WILL BRING HOT AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TODAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S...AND
COMBINED WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF
AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...AS THE VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS CLASHES WITH A
SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-090930-
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-
530 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
AND CURRITUCK SOUND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MDZ021>025-VAZ099-100-090930-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
530 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SOUTHWEST FLOW AROUND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
WILL BRING HOT AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TODAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S
AND COMBINED WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES
OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...AS THE VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS CLASHES WITH A
SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

GINGRICH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1151 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

VAZ092-093-095>098-090445-
CHESAPEAKE VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-SOUTHAMPTON
VA-SUFFOLK VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
1151 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO TIDEWATER REGION...

AT 1151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHURCHLAND TO
COURTLAND...OR FROM SMITHFIELD TO COURTLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...
  HOLLAND AROUND 1225 AM EDT...
  WINDSOR AROUND 1230 AM EDT...

IF YOU CAN 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.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

SMF
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1155 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

VAZ091-094-090430-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-YORK VA-
1155 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF HAMPTON AND POQUOSON...

AT 1155 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HAMPTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE
THROUGH THE LOWER PENINSULA.

IF YOU CAN 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.

HURLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 12:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 1:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:51 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQKing William47 min
Jun 8, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Powhatan49 min
Jun 8, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline42 min
Jun 8, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond43 min
Jun 8, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQKing and Queen, King William, New Kent39 min
Jun 8, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews49 min
Jun 8, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ59 min
Jun 8, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQJames City, York, City of Newport News50 min
Jun 8, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ59 min
Jun 9, 12:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ42 min
Jun 9, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack56 min
Jun 9, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Jun 9, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ64 min
Jun 9, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk49 min
Jun 9, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMecklenburg39 min
Jun 8, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester43 min
Jun 8, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.