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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2011, 4:18 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Mathews County, Virginia. It was in force for 27 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 15, 2011, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gloucester County, VA, Mathews County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Sep 15, 3:54 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 3:54 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 409 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011 MDZ021>023-VAZ048-049-062>064-072>078-085-162015- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER- CAROLINE-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND- NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-MIDDLESEX- 409 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011 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 PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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>632-634-650-652-654-656-162015- 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- 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- 409 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. 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. ANZ658-162015- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 409 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ633-162015- CURRITUCK SOUND- 409 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THROUGH 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-NCZ012>017-030>032-VAZ060-061-065>071-079>084-086>097-162015- INLAND WORCESTER-NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN- INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND- MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER- MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON- ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE- 409 PM EDT THU SEP 15 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 MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .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-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-162015- MARYLAND BEACHES-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK- NORTHAMPTON VA- 409 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .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
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
312 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011
VAZ065-066-152015-
LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG VA-
312 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN MECKLENBURG AND
SOUTHWEST LUNENBURG COUNTIES...
AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHASE CITY TO BUFFALO
SPRINGS...OR FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF REDOAK TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
VIRGILINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
NELSON AROUND 315 PM EDT...
BUFFALO SPRINGS AROUND 320 PM EDT...
FORT MITCHELL AROUND 325 PM EDT...
PLANTERSVILLE AROUND 330 PM EDT...
KELLS CORNER AROUND 335 PM EDT...
SKIPWITH AROUND 340 PM EDT...
WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 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.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADWAYS...AND IN LOW LYING AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 3658 7872 3668 7871 3669 7868 3670 7865
3688 7850 3700 7847 3702 7809 3654 7828
3654 7873 3656 7874
ALBRIGHTSpecial weather statement, Sep 15, 3:49 PM EDT, 29 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 15, 1:08 PM EDT | Gale Warning | AKQ | 17 hr | |
| Sep 15, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 63 min |
| Sep 15, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | James City, City of Williamsburg | 56 min |
| Sep 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| Sep 15, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 25 min |
| Sep 15, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia | 62 min |
| Sep 15, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 42 min |
| Sep 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 90 min | |
| Sep 15, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mathews | 29 min |
| Sep 15, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton | 56 min |
| Sep 15, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 59 min | |
| Sep 15, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 59 min |
| Sep 15, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 57 min |
| Sep 15, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 41 min |
| Sep 15, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 101 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.