Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 7:29 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, Virginia; Camden County, Gates County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Camden County, NC, Gates County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Suffolk, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Savage, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548
WFUS51 KAKQ 162329
TORAKQ
NCC029-073-139-VAC550-800-170000-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0022.110416T2329Z-110417T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
729 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUNBURY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CORAPEAKE AROUND 735 PM EDT.
DEEP CREEK AROUND 750 PM EDT.
GREAT BRIDGE AROUND 755 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE HORSESHOE...
CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT...HERBERTS CORNER AND HICKORY.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND OR WIND
DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE... OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3646 7679 3677 7650 3676 7629 3664 7613
3655 7626 3655 7631 3653 7629 3632 7660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 225DEG 52KT 3642 7657
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:55 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 16 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:32 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 19 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:05 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 23 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico and 6 more | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 15 min |
| Apr 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George and 3 more | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex | 17 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 6 more | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Louisa | 14 min |
| Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, New Kent and 4 more | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lancaster, Northumberland | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Newport News | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, York, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 1 more | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 43 min | |
| Apr 16, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.