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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2008, 7:24 PM EDT for Fluvanna County, Louisa County, Virginia. It was in force for 66 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, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fluvanna County, VA, Louisa County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 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 Jun 4, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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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
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Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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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, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 72 min |
| Jun 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 81 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 Virginia, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.