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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2010, 3:53 PM EDT for Amelia County, Cumberland County, Powhatan County, Virginia. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2010, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2010, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Amelia County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 12:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Oct 27, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 12:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1241 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ087>089-091>098-100-281645- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-NORTHAMPTON VA- 1241 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT BY EARLY EVENING...AND WILL AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. MDZ021>025-VAZ048-049-060>086-090-099-281645- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- 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-JAMES CITY- ACCOMACK- 1241 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...TORNADO WATCH 733 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...SOUTH CENTRAL 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. 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. ANZ632-633-654-656-658-281645- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- 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- 1241 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .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. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ650-652-281645- 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- 1241 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THURSDAY... 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. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. ANZ630-631-281645- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- 1241 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 733 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY. .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. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. BROWN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 1:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
130 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
VAZ049-061>063-069-071-271830-
CUMBERLAND VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-LOUISA VA-POWHATAN
VA-
130 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 129 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF CUMBERLAND...OR ABOUT OVER
DILLWYN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE NEAR OAK FOREST AT 135 PM EDT...ASHBY AT 140 PM EDT...LAKESIDE
VILLAGE AT 145 PM EDT...TAMWORTH AT 150 PM EDT...THREE SQUARE AT 155
PM EDT...IRWIN AT 200 PM EDT.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER
BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3763 7826 3768 7826 3793 7761 3770 7746
3742 7840 3743 7841
GINGRICHLocal storm report, Oct 27, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
207 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 AM TORNADO 5 N SKIPWITH 36.76N 78.49W
10/27/2010 F1 MECKLENBURG VA NWS STORM SURVEY
NWS STORM SURVEY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF SKIPWOOD RD AND NEW HOPE RD. THE EXACT
DAMAGE WIDTH/PATH INFORMATION WILL BE PASSED ALONG
SHORTLY. HOWEVER...STORM DAMAGE IN THE AREA WAS CONSISENT
WITH A LOW-END EF-1 TORNADO...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90
MPH. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE KNOCKED
DOWN...AND SEVERAL TREE TOPS WERE TWISTED. MORE
INFORMATION FOUND FROM THE STORM SURVEY WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE BY THIS EVENING.
&&
MONTEFUSCOSpecial weather statement, Oct 27, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
232 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
VAZ062>064-071>073-271930-
CAROLINE VA-GOOCHLAND VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING
WILLIAM VA-
232 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
AT 231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OILVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF
GOOCHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEAR ELMONT AT 250 PM EDT...HANOVER AIRPORT AT 255 PM EDT...HANOVER
AT 300 PM EDT...CALNO AT 305 PM EDT...ETNA MILLS AT 310 PM EDT...
ENFIELD AT 315 PM EDT.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE INTO A SAFE SHELTER
BEFORE THIS STORM REACHES YOUR AREA. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.
RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND
FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3774 7784 3773 7781 3775 7780 3793 7706
3768 7698 3758 7770 3759 7774 3761 7778
3761 7780
GINGRICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 72 min |
| Oct 27, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 56 min |
| Oct 27, 3:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 3:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 59 min |
| Oct 27, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 55 min |
| Oct 27, 8:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hanover, King William | 58 min |
| Oct 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 48 min |
| Oct 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 36 min |
| Oct 27, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Westmoreland | 42 min |
| Oct 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, City of Richmond | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 73 min |
| Oct 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 29 min |
| Oct 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Oct 27, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 39 min |
| Oct 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 110 min | |
| Oct 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland | 15 min |
| Oct 27, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline | 21 min |
| Oct 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 57 min |
| Oct 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan | 41 min |
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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.