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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 28, 20115 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 10:25 AM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 35 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 28, 2011, 10:25 AM EDT (14:25 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Caroline County, VA, Essex County, VA, Hanover County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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 28, 10:25 AM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 S Ladysmith, VA	SPOTTED IN CARMEL CHURCH NEAR US ROUTE 1.
Apr 28, 10:30 AM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Doswell, VA	POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED VICINITY OF MILE MARKER 97 ON INTERSTATE 95. TREES DOWN...SNAPPED OFF ON BEAVER DAM ROAD AND TYLER STATION. TREES DOWN ON OLD RIDGE RD.
Apr 28, 10:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Doswell, VA	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALONG US ROUTE 1 FROM THE CAROLINE/HANOVER COUNTY LINE NORTHWARD TOWARD LADYSMITH
Apr 28, 10:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Doswell, VA	TREES DOWN...SNAPPED OFF ON BEAVER DAM ROAD AND TYLER STATION. TREES DOWN ON OLD RIDGE ROAD.

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 28, 7:38 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 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: 1240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 382 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 586 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.8
Supercell composite: 15.6

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The text

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

311 
WFUS51 KAKQ 281425
TORAKQ
VAC033-057-085-097-193-281500-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0040.110428T1425Z-110428T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1025 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CAROLINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CENTRAL HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
  VIRGINIA...
  WEST CENTRAL WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 1021 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTPELIER...OR 9 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGS DOMINION AROUND 1030 AM EDT.
  MILFORD AROUND 1035 AM EDT.
  BOWLING GREEN AROUND 1040 AM EDT.
  FORT A.P. HILL AROUND 1045 AM EDT.
  LORETTO AND CHAMPLAIN AROUND 1050 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE BURRUSS
CORNER...GOLANSVILLE...PENOLA...SPARTA...CENTRAL POINT...ELEVON...
SUPPLY...HUSTLE AND CHANCE.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF 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 3815 7713 3816 7711 3816 7707 3803 7694
      3791 7723 3791 7724 3790 7725 3774 7762
      3787 7773 3818 7716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 237DEG 66KT 3785 7755

$$

ESEYMOUR

3 follow-up statements

581 
WWUS51 KAKQ 281433
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1033 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

VAC033-057-085-097-193-281500-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110428T1500Z/
KING AND QUEEN VA-HANOVER VA-ESSEX VA-CAROLINE VA-WESTMORELAND VA-
1033 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WESTMORELAND...CAROLINE...NORTHWESTERN ESSEX...CENTRAL HANOVER AND
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...

AT 1030 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGS DOMINION...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILFORD AROUND 1040 AM EDT.
  LORETTO AND CHAMPLAIN AROUND 1100 AM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE PENOLA...
SPARTA...CENTRAL POINT...ELEVON...SUPPLY...HUSTLE AND CHANCE.

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.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF 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..

&&

LAT...LON 3815 7713 3816 7707 3803 7694 3791 7723
      3791 7724 3790 7725 3774 7762 3796 7756
      3818 7716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 243DEG 52KT 3789 7744

$$

ESEYMOUR

657 
WWUS51 KAKQ 281442
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1042 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

VAC033-057-085-097-193-281500-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110428T1500Z/
KING AND QUEEN VA-HANOVER VA-ESSEX VA-CAROLINE VA-WESTMORELAND VA-
1042 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WESTMORELAND...CAROLINE...NORTHWESTERN ESSEX...NORTH CENTRAL HANOVER
AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...

AT 1038 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT A.P. HILL...OR 7 MILES
EAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CAROLINE...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN...NORTH CENTRAL HANOVER...
NORTHWESTERN ESSEX AND WEST CENTRAL WESTMORELAND COUNTIES.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF 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..

&&

LAT...LON 3815 7713 3816 7707 3803 7694 3791 7723
      3791 7724 3790 7725 3782 7745 3800 7748
      3818 7716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 236DEG 68KT 3808 7714

$$

ESEYMOUR

906 
WWUS51 KAKQ 281459
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1059 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

VAC033-057-085-097-193-281508-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110428T1500Z/
KING AND QUEEN VA-HANOVER VA-ESSEX VA-CAROLINE VA-WESTMORELAND VA-
1059 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WESTMORELAND...CAROLINE...
NORTHWESTERN ESSEX...NORTH CENTRAL HANOVER AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM EDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ESSEX AND NORTHWESTERN KING AND QUEEN UNTIL 
11:45 EDT.

LAT...LON 3815 7713 3816 7707 3803 7694 3791 7723
      3791 7724 3790 7725 3782 7745 3800 7748
      3818 7716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 236DEG 68KT 3824 7682

$$

ESEYMOUR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	33 min
Apr 27, 8:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Louisa	18 min
Apr 27, 8:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	48 min
Apr 27, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna	58 min
Apr 27, 9:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline	30 min
Apr 27, 9:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Prince Edward	30 min
Apr 28, 5:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan, Prince Edward	34 min
Apr 28, 9:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan, Prince Edward	65 min
Apr 28, 9:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Caroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover and 3 more	40 min
Apr 28, 10:09 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan	36 min
Apr 28, 10:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Louisa, Richmond, Westmoreland	48 min
Apr 28, 10:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	45 min
Apr 28, 10:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Richmond and 1 more	49 min
Apr 28, 11:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan	51 min
Apr 28, 11:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Nottoway	45 min
Apr 28, 12:22 PM EDT	Gale Warning	AKQ		7 hr
Apr 28, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	35 min
Apr 28, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	59 min
Apr 28, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		100 min
Apr 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	66 min
Apr 28, 5:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	32 min
Apr 28, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	32 min
Apr 28, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		48 min
Apr 28, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Mecklenburg	61 min
Apr 28, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen and 4 more	45 min
Apr 28, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, James City, New Kent and 6 more	55 min
Apr 28, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster and 4 more	49 min
Apr 28, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		107 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.