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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2008, 8:12 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 20, 2008, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2008, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bertie County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 Apr 20, 8:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 8:05 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 446 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 NCZ012-VAZ079-087-202130- BRUNSWICK VA-GREENSVILLE VA-NORTHAMPTON NC- 446 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY... AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR HENRICO...AND...GUM FORKS AT 455 PM EDT... BARLEY...AND...VALENTINES AT 500 PM EDT...TRIPLET AT 505 PM EDT... ANTE AT 520 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. MCNATT
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 504 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 VAZ088-089-092-093-202200- ISLE OF WIGHT VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 504 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... AT 504 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF COURTLAND TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COURTLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR COURTLAND AROUND 525 PM EDT... FRANKLIN AROUND 530 PM EDT... WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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. BROWN
Local storm report, Apr 20, 5:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
532 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W SPARTA 37.99N 77.25W
04/20/2008 CAROLINE VA PUBLIC
BARN DAMAGE WITH MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
&&
BJACKSONSpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 5:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 535 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 VAZ063-071>073-082-083-202215- CHARLES CITY VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-NEW KENT VA- 535 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW KENT COUNTY... AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ROXBURY...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR QUINTON...AND...BROWNS CORNER AT 540 PM EDT...TUNSTALL...AND...WESTWOOD AT 555 PM EDT...PALLS AT 600 PM EDT...MANQUIN AT 610 PM EDT...CENTRAL GARAGE...AND...RUMFORD AT 615 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF 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. MCNATT
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 637 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 NCZ012-202330- NORTHAMPTON NC- 637 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY... AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF RICH SQUARE...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JACKSON AT 650 PM EDT... PLEASANT GROVE AT 700 PM EDT...SEABOARD...AND...GUMBERRY AT 705 PM EDT...MARGARETTSVILLE AT 715 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF 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. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. MCNATT
Local storm report, Apr 20, 6:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 21, 12:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Brunswick, Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, James City, Prince George and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:24 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, James City, King William and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, Middlesex and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 3 hr |
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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.