Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 5:28 PM EDT for Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 28, 2011, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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, 5:36 PM EDT | TORNADO | Knotts Island, NC | TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED BY PUBLIC |
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, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313
WFUS51 KAKQ 282128
TORAKQ
NCC053-VAC810-282200-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0045.110428T2128Z-110428T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
528 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 524 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIANTOWN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CURRITUCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KNOTTS ISLAND AROUND 540 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WATERLILY.
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 3635 7610 3648 7621 3661 7598 3655 7592
3664 7592 3666 7590 3642 7584 3640 7589
3642 7587 3650 7589 3648 7589 3647 7598
3653 7602 3650 7604 3645 7601 3644 7594
3639 7592 3634 7601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 237DEG 39KT 3641 7605
$$
ZIMMERMAN2 follow-up statements
966
WWUS51 KAKQ 282142
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
542 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011
NCC053-VAC810-282200-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110428T2200Z/
CURRITUCK NC-CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
542 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF
VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORTH CENTRAL CURRITUCK COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
EDT...
AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOTTS ISLAND...OR
6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CURRITUCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
CURRITUCK AND SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WAKEFIELD AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4..
&&
LAT...LON 3637 7597 3648 7613 3661 7598 3655 7592
3664 7592 3666 7590 3642 7584 3640 7589
3642 7587 3650 7589 3648 7589 3647 7598
3653 7602 3650 7604 3645 7601 3644 7594
3639 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 232DEG 37KT 3650 7591
$$
ESEYMOUR923
WWUS51 KAKQ 282156
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
556 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011
NCC053-VAC810-282206-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110428T2200Z/
CURRITUCK NC-CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH VA-
556 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH AND
NORTH CENTRAL CURRITUCK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3637 7597 3648 7613 3661 7598 3655 7592
3664 7592 3666 7590 3642 7584 3640 7589
3642 7587 3650 7589 3648 7589 3647 7598
3653 7602 3650 7604 3645 7601 3644 7594
3639 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 232DEG 37KT 3659 7577
$$
ZIMMERMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Gates, Hertford | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 17 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 13 min |
| Apr 28, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates | 39 min |
| 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, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, Westmoreland | 35 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, 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 |
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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.