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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 27, 2011Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 6:33 PM EDT for Amelia County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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 27, 2011, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Amelia County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 27, 7:00 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Cumberland, VA	2 FUNNEL CLOUDS AND GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR COTTONTOWN RD.
Apr 27, 7:00 PM EDT	TORNADO 1	Farmville, VA	NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO. TORNADO TRACK MEASURED AT APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS WIDE AND 5.5 MILES LONG. A MORE DETAILED PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT...INCLUDING SPECIFIC ESTIMATION OF WIND SPEED AND DAMAGE PATH WILL BE COMPLETE
Apr 27, 7:00 PM EDT	TORNADO	Farmville, VA	SPOTTED NEAR PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS NEAR ROUTE 15 MOVING NE INTO CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Apr 27, 7:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	4 S Cumberland, VA

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 27, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

436 
WFUS51 KAKQ 272233
TORAKQ
VAC007-049-147-272315-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0028.110427T2233Z-110427T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
633 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABILENE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPDEN
  SYDNEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMPDEN SYDNEY AROUND 640 PM EDT.
  FARMVILLE AND RICE AROUND 650 PM EDT.
  GUINEA MILLS AROUND 700 PM EDT.
  CUMBERLAND AROUND 710 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE
KINGSVILLE...WARSHAM...BRIERY CREEK LAKE...REEDS...RAINES TAVERN...
HAWK...STODDERT...ANGOLA...MCRAE AND RODOPHIL.

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 3752 7826 3737 7805 3729 7821 3729 7823
      3727 7824 3712 7850 3714 7854 3719 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 225DEG 35KT 3718 7852

$$

GINGRICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	46 min
Apr 27, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	50 min
Apr 27, 2:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway	44 min
Apr 27, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	47 min
Apr 27, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Franklin	49 min
Apr 27, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg	46 min
Apr 27, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	38 min
Apr 27, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	41 min
Apr 27, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	36 min
Apr 27, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		67 min
Apr 27, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, York and 5 more	42 min
Apr 27, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	62 min
Apr 27, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		25 min
Apr 27, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	37 min
Apr 27, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward	44 min
Apr 27, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward	45 min
Apr 27, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan	45 min
Apr 27, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	58 min
Apr 27, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan, Prince Edward	52 min
Apr 27, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa	46 min
Apr 27, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa	40 min
Apr 27, 7:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	49 min
Apr 27, 7:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan	49 min

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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.