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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2011, 2:20 AM EDT for Camden County, Currituck County, North Carolina; City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 27, 2011, 2:20 AM EDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2011, 2:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 12:32 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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
- 901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WFUS51 KAKQ 270620 TORAKQ NCC029-053-VAC550-810-270645- /O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0053.110827T0620Z-110827T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 220 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... SOUTH CENTRAL CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 245 AM EDT * AT 217 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOYOCK...AND MOVING WEST AT 40 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK...SOUTH CENTRAL CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH AND SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3655 7642 3666 7631 3657 7605 3647 7609 TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 105DEG 33KT 3654 7618 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 1:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Perquimans | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 2:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 3:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 19 min |
| Aug 27, 3:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Hertford | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 3:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 4:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Gates | 13 min |
| Aug 27, 6:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Hertford, Pasquotank and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 5 days |
| Aug 27, 10:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 15 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 8:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 8:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 83 min | |
| Aug 27, 8:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 10:11 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 8 days |
| Aug 27, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 16 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Greensville and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 1 more | 10 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.