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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2010, 9:56 AM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, Virginia. It was in force for 16 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
- Sep 30, 2010, 9:56 AM EDT (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2010, 10:12 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 4:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Sep 30, 9:08 AM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 9:08 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 7:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ070-080-081-087>089-092-093-095>097-011115- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-CHESTERFIELD-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 688 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-VAZ063-064-071>074-076-082>086-090-091-094-011115- INLAND WORCESTER-HANOVER-CAROLINE-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-RICHMOND-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER- MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-JAMES CITY-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 688 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... 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 PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ102-VAZ098-011115- OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 688 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. TORNADO WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ025-VAZ099-100-011115- MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 688 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. TORNADO WATCH. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>023-VAZ075-077-078-011115- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-WESTMORELAND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 688 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ060-061-065>069-079-011115- PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA- POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ048-049-062-011115- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-GOOCHLAND- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>633-650-652-654-656-658-011115- 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 FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 712 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 688 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 30, 9:11 AM EDT, 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 24 min | |
| Sep 29, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth | 65 min |
| Sep 29, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, City of Williamsburg | 64 min |
| Sep 29, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 42 min |
| Sep 30, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 34 min |
| Sep 30, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | York, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson | 31 min |
| Sep 30, 1:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester and 25 more | 81 min |
| Sep 30, 3:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 36 more | 89 min |
| Sep 30, 3:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth | 66 min |
| Sep 30, 3:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Sep 30, 4:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 4:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 91 min | |
| Sep 30, 5:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 32 min |
| Sep 30, 5:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mathews | 18 min |
| Sep 30, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 82 min | |
| Sep 30, 6:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 25 min |
| Sep 30, 6:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| Sep 30, 7:06 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland | 29 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 13 min |
| Sep 30, 7:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 8:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mathews, Middlesex | 18 min |
| Sep 30, 8:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Surry | 14 min |
| Sep 30, 9:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, James City, New Kent | 26 min |
| Sep 30, 9:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake | 24 min |
| Sep 30, 10:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen and 23 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk | 15 min |
| Sep 30, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 89 min | |
| Sep 30, 5:39 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 40 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 55 min |
| Sep 29, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 66 min |
| Sep 29, 11:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank | 40 min |
| Sep 29, 11:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 41 min |
| Sep 30, 12:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank | 28 min |
| Sep 30, 12:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 36 min |
| Sep 30, 1:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 37 min |
| Sep 30, 1:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford, Northampton | 82 min |
| Sep 30, 3:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 5 days |
| Sep 30, 4:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 35 min |
| Sep 30, 4:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 31 min |
| Sep 30, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 42 min |
| Sep 30, 5:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 51 min |
| Sep 30, 8:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 21 min |
| Sep 30, 7:40 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Virginia, 2010Every tornado warning in 2010Tornadoes in 2010
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.