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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 11, 20114 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 8:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 42 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 11, 2011, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brunswick County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2011-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 11, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
537 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN AS AN
UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES PULLS EAST...AND HELPS DRAG A COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN
BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK...LEADING TO DRY
AND COOLER CONDITIONS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 2130Z...BROAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD
OF THE CWA. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ATTM. AS THE AREA SLOWLY SHIFTS TO
THE EAST...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TO THE SOUTH SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPARK
NEW STORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LOW-LEVEL THERMAL PROFILES
CONTINUE TO BE VERY CONDUCIVE TO CONVECTIVE INITIATION SHOULD ANY
BOUNDARIES INTERACT...WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR. WEAKLY
SHEARED ENVIRONMENT EVIDENT IN THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE PULSE
STORMS.

WEAK ZONAL MID-LEVEL FLOW OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION...WITH
EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES STAYING OFF TO THE NORTH OVER OH AND PA. THREAT
FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TONIGHT. EVEN
THOUGH BULK SHEAR IS VERY WEAK (10-15 KT AT 0-6 KM)...VERY STEEP
LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES (RIC IS DRY-ADIABATIC UP TO AROUND 850 MB)
AND 1500-2000 J/KG MLCAPE WILL YIELD SOME SEVERE STORMS. MAIN
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN DUE
TO THE WEAK STEERING FLOW ALOFT AND PWAT VALUES OVER 1.5 IN.
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED.

CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE NIGHTTIME
HOURS...THOUGH THE SEVERITY AND COVERAGE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH WITH THE
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. LOW TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...UPPER
60S TO LOWER 70S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
SHORT TERM PERIOD FEATURES GRADUALLY DECREASING HEIGHTS ALOFT AS AN
UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION PROGRESSES EASTWARDS
BEFORE CLOSING OFF OVER NEW ENGLAND ON MONDAY. EXPECT ONE LAST DAY
OF POSSIBLE RAIN ON SUNDAY...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LOW AS SHEAR REMAINS WEAK AND CAPE VALUES
WILL BE LOWER THAN THOSE OF SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN THREAT HOWEVER
STILL THERE. RIGHT NOW...MOST LIKELY COLD FROPA TIMING IS 09Z OVER
EASTERN VA AND 12Z OVER NE NORTH CAROLINA. SW WINDS AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WILL SHIFT TO NNW BEHIND IT.

QUIET AND SEASONABLE CONDITIONS RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS DOWN FROM THE GREAT LAKES...PROVIDING DRY
N/NW FLOW. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE ABOUT AVERAGE FOR MID-JUNE...LOW TO MID 80S
WITH UPPER 70S OVER COASTAL AREAS.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
QUIET START TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD...AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
OVER NEW ENGLAND...WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING DOWN THE
EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR DRY WX AND MILD TEMPERATURES
(NR/JUST BELOW CLIMO) UNDER NW FLOW REGIME THROUGH MIDWEEK. HIGHS
GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S...ERY MORNING LOWS GENERALLY IN THE
50S TO LOW 60S COASTAL ZONES.

UPPER LOW LOOKS TO BE SHUNTED OFFSHORE BY THE NEXT UPPER SHORTWAVE
TROUGH ARRIVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER GREAT LAKES BY WED
AFTN. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SHORT-LIVED H5 RIDGING ALLOWS FOR
SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY. BROUGHT SOME LOW POPS
BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS INCREASING
WAA/ISENTROPIC LIFT PUSHES INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF UPPER MIDWEST
SYSTEM. MAJORITY OF ACCUMULATING RAINFALL SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL
LATER IN THE DAY THU INTO FRIDAY AS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT PUSHES
ACROSS THE REGION...AND EVENTUALLY STALLS NEAR/WEST OF THE AREA
FRIDAY. GIVEN UNCERTAINTY AS TO EXACT LOCATION/ORIENTATION OF
WEAKENING/WASHED OUT BOUNDARY...HV LEFT SLIGHT TO LOW END CHANCE POP
WITH HIGHEST VALUES OVER MD/E VA COUNTIES.

FOR TEMPERATURES...MAXIMA GRADUALLY BUILD BACK TO (AND LIKELY
PUSHING ABOVE) NORMAL VALUES FOR THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH
TEMPERATURES LOOK TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S DURING
THIS PERIOD...WITH EARLY MORNING LOWS FALLING BACK INTO THE 60S.

&&

.AVIATION /21Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SHOWERS AND T-STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...LASTING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT HEAVY
RAIN...WINDS GUSTING TO 30KT AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH ANY
T-STORMS THAT FORM. AREAS RECEIVING ANY PRECIP TONIGHT WILL BE A
FAVORABLE SPOT FOR MVFR/IFR FOG/STRATUS DEVELOPMENT SUN MORNING.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE FA SUN EVENING/NIGHT BRINGING
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR T-STORMS.

&&

.MARINE...
SUB-SCA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A SOUTHERLY
WIND. SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTN/TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. STRONG WIND
GUSTS AND ERRATIC WIND SHIFTS ARE POSSIBLE IN OR IN THE VICINITY OF
ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. S/SW FLOW PERSISTS THROUGH TONIGHT
10-15KT SEAS 2-4 FT. (HIGHEST WAVE HGTS OUT TOWARDS 20NM).  HIGHER
RESOLUTION MODELS CATCHING ON TO BRIEF INCREASE IN WNDS ACROSS
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BUT PREDOMINATE
CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN SUB-SCA. A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY NIGHT. A N-NW SURGE BEHIND THE FRONT COULD
RESULT IN CONDITIONS APPROACHING SCA CRITERIA LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A NORTHERLY WIND WILL PERSIST THROUGH
MID WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE SPINS OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND HIGH
PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS IN FROM THE NW. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE
REGION...SLIDING OFF THE COAST LATER IN THE WEEK ALLOWING FOR A
RETURN TO S-SE FLOW FOR THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL 3 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR NCZ017-102.
VA...AIR QUALITY ALERT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR VAZ063-070-
     071-080>083.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...MAS
NEAR TERM...MAS
SHORT TERM...MAS
LONG TERM...MAM
AVIATION...DAP
MARINE...MAM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
306 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ048-049-060>062-064>069-072>079-
084>100-121915-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN-
PERQUIMANS-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-
CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-KING WILLIAM-
KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
BRUNSWICK-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-
306 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST
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 DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ017-102-121915-
INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
306 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

.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.

   AIR QUALITY ALERT.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

VAZ063-070-071-080>083-121915-
HANOVER-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-
NEW KENT-
306 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST
CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH 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.

   AIR QUALITY ALERT.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS..LARGE
HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

ANZ630>634-650-652-654-656-658-121915-
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 LITTLE CREEK VA-
CURRITUCK SOUND-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL-
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-
306 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

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 DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:35 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
735 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

VAZ073-084-086-089>091-093-094-120030-
GLOUCESTER VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN
VA-MATHEWS VA-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-YORK VA-
735 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOWER PENINSULA...

AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAVON TO 18 MILES WEST
OF KINGS POINT...OR FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW POINT COMFORT TO
CLAREMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE NEAR...
  SEVERN AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  YORKTOWN AROUND 745 PM EDT...
  HOG ISLAND GAME RESERVE AROUND 750 PM EDT...
  HORNSBYVILLE AROUND 755 PM EDT...
  SEAFORD AROUND 800 PM EDT...
  GRAFTON AROUND 805 PM EDT...

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. 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.

LAT...LON 3730 7627 3737 7636 3733 7639 3729 7637
      3728 7634 3726 7638 3717 7638 3718 7635
      3712 7627 3700 7629 3700 7636 3695 7649
      3727 7681 3737 7640 3736 7641 3734 7640
      3737 7639 3741 7624

JM
Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:47 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
747 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SSW HIGHLAND SPRINGS  37.49N 77.36W
06/11/2011                   HENRICO            VA   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN AT DERBYTOWN RD NEAR LABURNUM AVE.

&&

MMONTE
Local storm report, Jun 11, 7:56 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
756 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHESTERFIELD            37.38N 77.51W
06/11/2011                   CHESTERFIELD       VA   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN VICINITY OF NASH ROAD THE
            HIGHLANDS

&&

JFOSTER
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:14 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
814 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

VAZ065>067-079-080-087-088-120045-
BRUNSWICK VA-DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG
VA-NOTTOWAY VA-SUSSEX VA-
814 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
LUNENBURG...BRUNSWICK...DINWIDDIE COUNTIES.

AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEWITT TO VICTORIA...OR FROM 5 MILES EAST
OF MCKENNEY TO VICTORIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DUNDAS AROUND 820 PM EDT...
  DUNDAS AROUND 825 PM EDT...
  ALBERTA AROUND 845 PM EDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3684 7747 3677 7811 3701 7826 3711 7761

SCALORA
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:16 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
816 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

VAZ063-070-071-080>083-087>090-092-120115-
CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-HANOVER
VA-HENRICO VA-JAMES CITY VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SOUTHAMPTON
VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA-
816 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ORIENTED FROM 19
MILES EAST OF CLAREMONT TO 6 MILES WEST OF STONY CREEK...OR FROM 8
MILES WEST OF PATRICK HENRY FIEL TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DINWIDDIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE NEAR WAKEFIELD AT 820 PM EDT...SUSSEX AROUND 830 PM EDT.

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.

LAT...LON 3742 7680 3674 7721 3690 7763 3759 7722

05

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie31 min
Jun 11, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Henrico, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more59 min
Jun 11, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Henrico, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more9 min
Jun 11, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk and 2 more59 min
Jun 11, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia45 min
Jun 11, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ85 min
Jun 11, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach65 min
Jun 11, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna62 min
Jun 11, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia56 min
Jun 11, 10:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach2 hr
Jun 12, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna, Louisa67 min
Jun 12, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing and Queen39 min
Jun 12, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland39 min
Jun 12, 4:03 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ24 hr
Jun 12, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward42 min
Jun 12, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward46 min
Jun 12, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg47 min
Jun 12, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Newport News23 min
Jun 12, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWestmoreland56 min
Jun 12, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Essex, Westmoreland23 min
Jun 12, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ58 min
Jun 12, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Essex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland40 min
Jun 12, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Richmond31 min
Jun 12, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin67 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing and Queen, King William, Middlesex, New Kent63 min
Jun 11, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates, Hertford, Northampton60 min
Jun 12, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester62 min
Jun 12, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester33 min
Jun 12, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester34 min
Jun 12, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester39 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.