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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 8:19 PM EDT for Bertie County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2011, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bertie County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
060 WFUS51 KAKQ 240019 TORAKQ NCC015-240045- /O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0049.110524T0019Z-110524T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 819 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWISTON WOODVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WINDSOR AROUND 845 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE QUITSNA. 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 3602 7689 3589 7700 3607 7720 3612 7716 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 305DEG 23KT 3606 7715 $$ JM
2 follow-up statements
999 WWUS51 KAKQ 240030 SVSAKQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 830 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 NCC015-240045- /O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/ BERTIE NC- 830 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEWISTON WOODVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WINDSOR AROUND 845 PM EDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3605 7715 3608 7713 3602 7689 3590 7699 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 306DEG 25KT 3603 7709 $$ JM
669 WWUS51 KAKQ 240045 SVSAKQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 845 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 NCC015-240056- /O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/ BERTIE NC- 845 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY FROM HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 3605 7715 3608 7713 3602 7689 3590 7699 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 306DEG 25KT 3603 7709 $$ JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Perquimans | 55 min |
| May 23, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans | 30 min |
| May 23, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 45 min |
| May 23, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 52 min |
| May 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Hertford | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.