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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 30, 2010Camden County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2010, 1:23 AM EDT for Camden County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2010, 1:23 AM EDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 29, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2010-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2010-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 341 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

443 
WFUS51 KAKQ 300523
TORAKQ
NCC029-053-139-300600-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.100930T0523Z-100930T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
123 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT

* AT 118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEEKSVILLE...AND MOVING
  NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEEKSVILLE...ELIZABETH CITY...CAMDEN...SHILOH...WHITEHALL SHORES...
  INDIANTOWN...MOYOCK...TAYLORS BEACH...BARTLETT...BELCROSS...SPENCES
  CORNER...GREGORY...SHAWBORO...LAMBS CORNER...BURNT MILLS...SLIGO...
  SNOWDEN...JOHNSONS CORNER...PIERCEVILLE AND TAR CORNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE... OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3649 7634 3655 7619 3650 7606 3620 7604
      3620 7605 3627 7613 3628 7618 3626 7614
      3622 7613 3619 7607 3615 7606 3613 7607
      3612 7614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 165DEG 37KT 3621 7610

$$

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1 follow-up statement
366 
WWUS51 KAKQ 300548
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
148 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

NCC029-053-139-300600-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100930T0600Z/
PASQUOTANK NC-CAMDEN NC-CURRITUCK NC-
148 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK...
CENTRAL CAMDEN AND EAST CENTRAL PASQUOTANK COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM
EDT...

AT 146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOYOCK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING
NORTH AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOYOCK...PIERCEVILLE...TAR CORNER...LILLY AND SHARON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3629 7622 3648 7634 3655 7620 3655 7618
      3650 7606 3633 7606 3628 7611 3627 7611
      3628 7618 3626 7614 3623 7613 3620 7608
      3616 7607
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 165DEG 37KT 3646 7618

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Hertford, Northampton55 min
Sep 29, 10:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton2 hr
Sep 29, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans66 min
Sep 29, 11:35 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank40 min
Sep 29, 11:49 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGates41 min
Sep 30, 12:02 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQPasquotank28 min
Sep 30, 12:03 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Pasquotank42 min
Sep 30, 12:11 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQGates34 min
Sep 30, 12:24 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank36 min
Sep 30, 1:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBertie, Hertford, Northampton82 min
Sep 30, 3:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more89 min
Sep 30, 3:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQBertie5 days
Sep 30, 3:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Pasquotank66 min
Sep 30, 3:50 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCurrituck25 min
Sep 30, 4:15 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCurrituck30 min
Sep 30, 4:25 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank35 min
Sep 30, 4:59 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank31 min
Sep 30, 5:18 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans42 min
Sep 30, 5:24 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank51 min
Sep 30, 8:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans3 hr
Sep 30, 8:13 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck21 min
Sep 30, 8:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank3 hr
Sep 30, 9:36 AM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank24 min
Sep 30, 10:43 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQBertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more12 hr
Sep 30, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBertie, Hertford, Northampton4 hr

Nearby

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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.