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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 6:11 PM EST for Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 79 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
- Mar 4, 2008, 6:11 PM EST (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 4:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 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 Mar 4, 4:04 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 4:04 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 5:58 PM EST, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ANZ650-652-654-052300- 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- 558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. WINDS MAY GUST TO 50 KNOTS WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MDZ021>025-VAZ099-100-052300- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME FRAME. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>098-052300- 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- 558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 99 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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...TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME FRAME. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ630>633-656-658-052300- 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 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- 558 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 99 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH GALE WARNING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS LINE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS. WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. WAMSLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 2:48 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 4, 4:11 PM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 411 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 VAZ049-062-063-068>071-042215- AMELIA VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-LOUISA VA-POWHATAN VA- 411 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWARD... AT 411 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF AMELIA COURTHOUSE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF CREWE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CHULA AT 420 PM EST...PILKINTON AT 425 PM EST...GENITO AT 430 PM EST...FLAT ROCK AT 435 PM EST...SABOT AT 440 PM EST...JOHNSONS SPRINGS AT 445 PM EST. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WAMSLEY
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 437 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-061>064-067>100- 050600- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA- CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD... PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...MARGARETTSVILLE... AHOSKIE...ELIZABETH CITY...EDENTON...COROLLA...LOUISA... GOOCHLAND...ASHLAND...CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND... TAPPAHANNOCK...LAWRENCEVILLE...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA... WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS... HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE 437 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT... SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR WILL BE THIS EVENING WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND LATE EVENING THROUGH 4 AM EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE URBAN AREAS. 44
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 4:55 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 455 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 VAZ049-061>064-069-071-042300- CAROLINE VA-CUMBERLAND VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-LOUISA VA-POWHATAN VA- 455 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 ...SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWARD... AT 455 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF TUCKAHOE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CENTERVILLE AT 500 PM EST...ROCKVILLE AT 505 PM EST...GOODALL AT 510 PM EST...OLIVER AT 515 PM EST...NOEL AT 520 PM EST...GOLANSVILLE AT 525 PM EST. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WAMSLEY
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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.