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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2008, 3:24 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 81 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 4, 2008, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dorchester County, MD
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 4, 3:14 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:14 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:10 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 310 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ060-065>068-070-071-078>100-051915- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-PRINCE EDWARD- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-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- 310 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 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 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW STORMS LIKELY REACHING STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... VERY WARM...TO HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S OVER INLAND SECTIONS THIS WEEKEND. HEAT INDEX VALUES IN EXCESS OF 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED BY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-061>064-069-072>077-051915- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-POWHATAN- KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND- 310 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 447 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... VERY WARM...TO HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S OVER INLAND SECTIONS THIS WEEKEND. HEAT INDEX VALUES IN EXCESS OF 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED BY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ630>633-654-656-658-051915- 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 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- 310 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW STORMS LIKELY REACHING STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED WATERSPOUT WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... VERY WARM...TO HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONITE. ANZ650-051915- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT 20 NM- 310 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...TORNADO WATCH 449 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONITE. ANZ652-051915- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM- 310 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONITE. 44
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1028 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM TORNADO 5 S MIDLOTHIAN 37.43N 77.64W
06/03/2008 CHESTERFIELD VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES SNAPPED OFF NEAR THE HULL STREET POLICE STATION,
AND TREES DOWN IN THE WOODLAKE SUBDIVISION. RATED AS AN
EF-0. PATH WIDTH OF 20 YARDS AND A PATH LENGTH OF ONE
QUARTER MILE.
&&
ALSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 12:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1214 PM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0603 PM TSTM WND DMG COLONIAL BEACH 38.25N 76.97W
06/01/2008 WESTMORELAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0603 PM TSTM WND DMG OAK GROVE 38.18N 77.00W
06/01/2008 WESTMORELAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG ERICA 38.12N 76.68W
06/01/2008 WESTMORELAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
0634 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W SANDY POINT 38.06N 76.59W
06/01/2008 WESTMORELAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
0616 PM TSTM WND DMG STRATFORD HALL 38.14N 76.84W
06/01/2008 WESTMORELAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
&&
ALSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 12:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1233 PM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S HEATHSVILLE 37.89N 76.47W
05/31/2008 NORTHUMBERLAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ON STATE RTE 201. ALSO POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
ALSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 12:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1236 PM EDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM TSTM WND DMG CALLAO 37.97N 76.56W
06/01/2008 NORTHUMBERLAND VA EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON KISSINGER SPRING RD, ONE ON A
PICKUP TRUCK.
&&
ALSSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 100 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 MDZ021>025-VAZ060-065>068-070-071-079>082-087>100-041900- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- PRINCE EDWARD-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-CHESTERFIELD- HENRICO-BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY- 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...FARMVILLE...SOUTH HILL... CREWE...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND...LAWRENCEVILLE... PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG... POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...CHINCOTEAGUE... WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA...EASTVILLE 100 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE WITH ALL FORMS OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME THE PREDOMINANT THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...BUT LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/WAKEFIELD ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. WAMSLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:12 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 312 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 MDZ021-042015- DORCHESTER MD- 312 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING QUICKLY TO THE EAST... AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 58 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT OVER FORT BELVOIR...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HUDSON AND...LLOYDS AT 400 PM EDT...CHURCH CREEK AT 405 PM EDT...CAMBRIDGE AND...SECRETARY AT 410 PM EDT...LINKWOOD AT 415 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. WAMSLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Prince George | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Prince George | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 9:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Surry | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 3:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 6 more | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 3:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| Jun 4, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Jun 4, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 34 min | |
| Jun 4, 5:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 91 min | |
| Jun 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 67 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Westmoreland | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 72 min |
| Jun 4, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Somerset, Wicomico | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.