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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland; Accomack County, Northampton County, Virginia. It was in force for 23 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Worcester County, MD, Accomack County, VA, Northampton County, VA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Birdsnest, VA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED KNOCKED DOWN |
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eastville, VA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED KNOCKED DOWN |
| Apr 16, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Parksley, VA | PARTS OF SIDING OF HOUSE TORN OFF. |
| Apr 16, 8:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Exmore, VA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED KNOCKED DOWN |
| Apr 16, 8:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Painter, VA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED KNOCKED DOWN |
| Apr 16, 8:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Accomac, VA | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED KNOCKED DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 537 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 663 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992
WUUS51 KAKQ 170037
SVRAKQ
MDC047-VAC001-131-170100-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0048.110417T0037Z-110417T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
837 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...
ACCOMACK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM TANGIER TO 9 MILES WEST OF NASSAWADOX TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GRAND VIEW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CHERITON...CAPE CHARLES AND BAY VIEW AROUND 845 PM EDT.
NASSAWADOX AROUND 850 PM EDT.
WILLIS WHARF...PARKSLEY...ONLEY AND ONANCOCK AROUND 855 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
PLANTATION...DALBYS...SMITH BEACH...JAMESVILLE...HARBORTON...
OYSTER...WARDTOWN...SIMPKINS...PUNGOTEAGUE AND MACHIPONGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3787 7534 3788 7541 3780 7551 3760 7560
3757 7558 3732 7574 3718 7600 3733 7603
3757 7595 3776 7581 3780 7583 3779 7598
3781 7575 3786 7570 3789 7571 3790 7574
3808 7528 3795 7541 3796 7536 3812 7519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 227DEG 62KT 3783 7595 3753 7599
3720 7614
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN
$$
ALBRIGHTWhat 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 Apr 16, 4:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 4:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
441 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AND OFF THE COAST THIS
EVENING INTO TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC
AND SOUTHEAST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...THEN REMAINS ANCHORED OFF THE
MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEAST COAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATE WEDNESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/...
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT
THE LWR MD AND VA ERN SHR. AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRNG TO SEVERE
TSTMS WELL IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRNT...WAS MOVNG INTO CNTRL/SCNTRL
VA AND INTERIOR NE NC LATE SAT AFTN. POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WNDS
AND TORNADOES EXIST IN THE WATCH AREA INTO THIS EVENG...AS THESE
STORMS MOVE ENE ACRS THE REGION. GREATEST THREAT FOR DAMAGING WNDS
OR TORNADOES LUKS TO BE OVR SRN/SE VA AND NE NC WHERE BEST
INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WND SHEAR PROFILES EXIST.
COLD FRNT WILL PUSH SHOWERS AND STORMS OFF THE CST LATER THIS
EVENG...WITH W WNDS USHERING DRIER AIR AND CLRG SKY OVRNGT INTO
SUN MORNG. MIN TEMPS RANGING FM THE MID 40S TO LWR 50S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
DRY WX IN STORE FOR THE REGION SUN THRU TUE...AS HI PRES BLDS ACRS
THE GULF CST STATES AND OFF THE MID ATLC AND SE CST. A WRM FRNT
WILL LINGER NEAR OR JUST N OF EXTRM NRN CNTIES MON THRU TUE. THIS
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A LITTLE MORE CLDINESS IN THESE AREAS THRU THE
PERIOD...BUT OTHRWISE...WILL KEEP FCST DRY. SNY OR MSTLY SNY AND
BREEZY (ESPLY ACRS NRN CNTIES) ON SUN...WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE MID
60S TO LWR 70S.
MSTLY CLR OR PRTLY CLDY SUN NGT THRU TUE. LOWS SUN NGT IN THE MID
40S TO LWR 50S. INCRSNGLY WRMER MON AND TUE. HIGHS ON MON RANGING
THRU THE 70S...AND IN THE MID 70S TO LWR 80S ON TUE.
&&
.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
BERMUDA RIDGE DOMINATES WED. KEPT SLGHT CHC DIURNAL POPS ACROSS NWRN
CNTYS FOR ANY CONVECTION THAT DVLPS ALONG LEE TROF. HIGHS U70S-L80S.
MODELS NOW FASTER WITH THE NXT CDFRNTL PASSAGE. BNDRY PROGGED ACROSS
RGN WED NITE SLIDING S INTO CAROLINAS THURSDAY. WILL HAVE CHC POPS
THIS THE FROPA. LOWS 55-60. MODELS DIFFER ON JUST HOW S BNDRY GETS
THU AND THU NITE B4 RETURNING N AS A WRM FRNT FRIDAY. HIGH PRS TO
THE N SHUD DRY OUT THE LWST LAYERS. HAVE TAKEN POPS OUT AND BUT KEPT
IN M CLDY AS MSTR PROGGED AT DIFFERENT LVLS. COOLER THU WITH HIGHS
IN THE 60S AT THE COAST...70-75 INLAND. LOWS THU NITE U40S-L50S.
CHC POPS RETURN LATE FRI AND FRI NITE AS WRM FRNT LIFTS BACK N OVR
THE RGN. HIGHS IN THE 60S. LOWS IN THE U40S-L50S. CHC POPS CONT NXT
SAT AHEAD ON YET ANTHR CDFRNTL PASSAGE. WRMR WITH HIGHS U60S-M70S.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HAVE TRIED TO TIME THE APPRCHG LINE OF CONVECTION BY USING CB
INTO TAF SITES NXT 6 HRS. RIC BTWN 21-00Z...CSTL TAF SITES BTWN
22-02Z. ONLY QSTN WILL BE ANY SUPERCELL TSTRMS THAT DVLP OUT AHEAD
OF THAT LINE AS CRNTLY SEEN ACROSS SRN NC. GUSTY S-SE WNDS CONT TO
INCRS THIS AFTRN AND HAVE INDCTD G40S KTS AS PRS GRDNT CONT TO
TIGHTEN. XCPT MVFR/IFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN ANY TSTRM DUE TO MOIST
ONSHORE FLOW PROVIDING COPIUIS AMTS OF LL MSTR.
PCPN ENDS W-E AFTR FROPA THIS EVE WITHA FEW HR PRD OG GUSTY W WNDS
(15-25 KTS) BUT XPCT CIGS TO RISE INTO VFR RANGE. SKC ALONG WITH
DMNSHG WNDS SUN AS HIGH PRS BLDS INTO RGN.
VFR CONDS INTO MON. MON NGT COULD SEE A PERIOD OF LOWER CLOUDS AS
WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH THROUGH THE AREA...OTHERWISE VFR CONDS
AGAIN PREVAIL TUE-WED.
&&
.MARINE...
STRNG SE WNDS ATTM...XPCTD TO INCRS FURTHER INTO THIS EVE (AVGG
30-35 KT...PSBL 40-45 KT ESP CNTRL BAY/NRN OCN WTRS)...B4 SWINGING
TO SW (AND DCRSG) POST CDFNT. WSW WNDS TO CONT THROUGH SUN...AND
XPCT CURRENT GALES TO BE REPLACED BY SCAS (BY THAT TIME). PD OF SSW
WNDS MON THROUGH WED AS HI PRES RMNS LCTD OFF SE CST. CDFNT PUSHES
TWD THE NRN WTRS ERY IN THE WK...THEN RETURNS BACK N.
SEAS BUILD TO 10-13 FT OFFSHR...AVG WVS ON THE BAY 4-6 FT...SLO TO
SUBSIDE THROUGH SUN.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
TOUGH CALL ON TIDES THROUGH TNGT. CBOFS (NAM BASED) GUID RMNS MUCH
HIGHER COMPARED TO THE MDL (GFS BASED) BY ABT A FOOT. AVGG THE GUID
PRVDS SOLID MINOR FLDG...AND IF ACTUAL TIDE COMES IN CLSR TO THE
HIGHER GUID (ESP AT CAMBRIDGE WHR CBOFS SUGGS 5FT MLLW LVL FOR HIGH
TIDE OVRNGT - WHICH WOULD TOP SVR CRIT OF 4.5 FT MLLW)...LVLS WOULD
BARELY/IF AT ALL TOUCH MOD FLD CRIT.
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR MDZ025.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR MDZ024-
025.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR MDZ021>023.
NC...NONE.
VA...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR VAZ099-100.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR VAZ099.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR VAZ074>078-
085.
MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR ANZ630>634-650-652-
654-656-658.
&&
SYNOPSIS...TMG
NEAR TERM...TMG
SHORT TERM...TMG
LONG TERM...MPR
AVIATION...MPR
MARINE...ALB
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...ALBHazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 NCZ012-VAZ063-064-070>073-080>083-087>090-092-172315- NORTHAMPTON NC-HANOVER-CAROLINE-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM- KING AND QUEEN-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT- GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-SOUTHAMPTON- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 150 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ048-049-060>062-065>069-079-172315- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-MECKLENBURG- LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-BRUNSWICK- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ013>017-030>032-102-172315- HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-CHOWAN- PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 150 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ650-652-654-172315- 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- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>634-656-658-172315- 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 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- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH 150 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ091-093>098-172315- YORK-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK- CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 150 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ100-172315- NORTHAMPTON VA- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ074>078-085-172315- ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-MIDDLESEX- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 150 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. VAZ084-086-172315- GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...TORNADO WATCH 150 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ025-VAZ099-172315- MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ024-172315- INLAND WORCESTER- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ021>023-172315- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET- 702 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. TG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
523 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM TSTM WND DMG DINWIDDIE 37.08N 77.59W
04/16/2011 DINWIDDIE VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE TO HOMES IN THE FIVE FORKS AREA.
ON WHITE OAK RD, SHANNON DRIVE AND WILKERSON DRIVE
&&
RCURRYLocal storm report, Apr 16, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
620 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL POWHATAN 37.54N 77.92W
04/16/2011 M1.00 INCH POWHATAN VA PUBLIC
0535 PM HAIL POWHATAN 37.54N 77.92W
04/16/2011 E1.25 INCH POWHATAN VA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR AT 2700 PINE RIDGE LANE
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG LUNENBURG 36.96N 78.27W
04/16/2011 LUNENBURG VA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
&&
RCURRYSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 8:13 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
813 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
VAZ048-049-063-170045-
FLUVANNA VA-HANOVER VA-LOUISA VA-
813 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LOUISA AND FLUVANNA COUNTIES...
AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOSWELLS TAVERN TO 7
MILES WEST OF TROY...OR FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISA TO 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PALMYRA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
FERNCLIFF AROUND 825 PM EDT...
LOUISA AROUND 830 PM EDT...
MINERAL AROUND 835 PM EDT...
BUMPASS AROUND 840 PM EDT...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
EXPECT OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 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 3813 7821 3814 7812 3816 7810 3814 7806
3814 7801 3812 7797 3810 7783 3802 7772
3800 7765 3796 7762 3787 7765 3793 7838
3794 7837
GINGRICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 54 min | |
| Apr 16, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Middlesex, York, City of Chesapeake and 6 more | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 95 min | |
| Apr 16, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Apr 17, 12:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr | |
| Apr 17, 5:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 28 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Richmond | 10 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 61 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna | 18 hr |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Maryland, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.