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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 29, 2011Dinwiddie County, Prince George County, Sussex County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT for Dinwiddie County, Prince George County, Sussex County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 29, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dinwiddie County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 29, 10:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 10:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 12:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 12:16 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 12:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 4:02 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasAKQ6 hr
Aug 29, 12:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg29 min
Aug 29, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg57 min
Aug 29, 1:09 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ6 hr
Aug 29, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSussex30 min
Aug 29, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSussex16 min
Aug 29, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSussex29 min
Aug 29, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton32 min
Aug 29, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk46 min
Aug 29, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Mathews, York, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg53 min
Aug 29, 7:01 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ3 hr
Aug 29, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates32 min
Aug 29, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHertford23 min
Aug 29, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton59 min
Aug 29, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGates, Hertford50 min
Aug 29, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie, Hertford30 min
Aug 29, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford31 min
Aug 29, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBertie, Chowan26 min
Aug 29, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie25 min
Aug 29, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan23 min
Aug 29, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie32 min

Nearby

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.