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Small Craft Advisory 56, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 17, 2011

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this small craft advisory at Apr 17, 2011, 12:11 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2011, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2011, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Apr 16, 9:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 9:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 8:59 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 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

GINGRICH
Local storm report, Apr 16, 10:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 16, 10:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 16, 11:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1139 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

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

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUNENBURG               36.96N 78.27W
04/16/2011                   LUNENBURG          VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     REHOBOTH                36.92N 78.36W
04/16/2011                   LUNENBURG          VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E VICTORIA            36.99N 78.21W
04/16/2011                   LUNENBURG          VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND DAMAGE.  POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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

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

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  M1.00 INCH       POWHATAN           VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HOMEVILLE               36.95N 77.17W
04/16/2011                   SUSSEX             VA   PUBLIC

            TOPS OF PINE TREES KNOCKED OFF

0700 PM     TORNADO          ASKEWVILLE              36.11N 76.94W
04/16/2011                   BERTIE             NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 14 FATAL *** NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. NUMEROUS HOMES
            DAMAGED. NWS STORM SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY
            MORNING.

0705 PM     TORNADO          1 SW CLAM               37.34N 76.55W
04/16/2011                   GLOUCESTER         VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3 HOUSES DAMAGED ON HUMMINGBIRD LN. UNCONFIRMED
            FATALITIES. STORM SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED SUNDAY
            MORNING.

0705 PM     TORNADO          1 N WHITE MARSH         37.35N 76.52W
04/16/2011                   GLOUCESTER         VA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO PAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

0725 PM     TORNADO          POWELLSVILLE            36.22N 76.93W
04/16/2011                   BERTIE             NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TORNADO SIGHTED BY FIRE DEPT NEAR ASKEWVILLE RD. POSSIBLE
            FATALITIES.

0730 PM     TORNADO          SMITHFIELD              36.98N 76.62W
04/16/2011                   ISLE OF WIGHT      VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HOUSE DAMAGED...TREES KNOCKED DOWN PARTIALLY DEFOLIATED.

0730 PM     HAIL             SAVAGE                  36.49N 76.60W
04/16/2011  M1.00 INCH       GATES              NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

0800 PM     TSTM WND GST     FRANKLIN                36.68N 76.94W
04/16/2011  M61.00 MPH       CITY OF FRANKLIN   VA   AWOS

0930 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARBINGER               36.10N 75.81W
04/16/2011                   CURRITUCK          NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1157 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

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

0437 PM     TORNADO          4 WNW DINWIDDIE         37.10N 77.66W
04/16/2011  F1               DINWIDDIE          VA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RATED AS A HIGH-END EF1 TORNADO WITH APPROXIMATE PATH
            LENGTH OF 8 MILES...PATH WIDTH VARIABLE...ABOUT 300-400
            YARDS AT ITS GREATEST EXTENT. TORNADO PATH STARTED ON
            DOYLE ROAD...WEST OF GLEBE ROAD...THEN TRACKED ENE TO THE
            FIVE FORKS AREA OF DINWIDDIE COUNTY. HUNDREDS OF TREES
            WERE EITHER DOWNED OR SNAPPED OFF...WITH NUMEROUS POWER
            LINES DOWN AND SEVERAL HOMES WITH MINOR TO MODERATE
            DAMAGE. MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS ON PATILLO ROAD AT
            WOODED LANE, AND ON WILKINSON ROAD NEAR SHANNON DRIVE.

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HURLEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ54 min
Apr 16, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa32 min
Apr 16, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Middlesex, York, City of Chesapeake and 6 more32 min
Apr 16, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ85 min
Apr 16, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton23 min
Apr 16, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Apr 16, 9:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ53 min
Apr 17, 5:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQCumberland, Goochland, Powhatan28 hr
Apr 17, 5:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQCity of Richmond10 hr
Apr 17, 5:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond61 hr
Apr 17, 10:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQFluvanna18 hr
Apr 16, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQChowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans37 min
Apr 16, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford19 min
Apr 16, 8:31 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans44 min
Apr 16, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico63 min

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