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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 16, 20115 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 4:03 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 16, 2011, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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.

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 16, 12:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 747 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 975 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

147 
WFUS51 KAKQ 162003
TORAKQ
VAC007-025-053-111-135-162030-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0006.110416T2003Z-110416T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
403 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN AMELIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  WEST CENTRAL DINWIDDIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN NOTTOWAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH HILL...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT PICKETT AROUND 415 PM EDT.
  WILSONS AROUND 425 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE BARROWS
STORE...IRBY...FORKLAND...DOMINY CORNER...BLACKSTONE AIRPORT...
DARVILLS...WELLVILLE AND HEBRON.

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.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EMBEDDED IN A LONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 
THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 
AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR 
THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE 
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 3722 7783 3709 7767 3679 7814 3679 7816
      3688 7822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 229DEG 51KT 3688 7811

$$

ALBRIGHT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 10:55 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	AKQ	Accomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	16 hr
Apr 16, 4:32 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	19 hr
Apr 16, 7:05 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland	23 hr
Apr 16, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	42 min
Apr 16, 3:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	37 min
Apr 16, 3:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	23 min
Apr 16, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward	49 min
Apr 16, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	47 min
Apr 16, 3:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway	31 min
Apr 16, 4:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	33 min
Apr 16, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico and 6 more	52 min
Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	35 min
Apr 16, 4:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	28 min
Apr 16, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more	24 min
Apr 16, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	15 min
Apr 16, 4:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George and 3 more	34 min
Apr 16, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex	17 min
Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville	33 min
Apr 16, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan	28 min
Apr 16, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	22 min
Apr 16, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 6 more	47 min
Apr 16, 5:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex	25 min
Apr 16, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, Louisa	14 min
Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex	37 min
Apr 16, 6:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex	34 min
Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	25 min
Apr 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, New Kent and 4 more	36 min
Apr 16, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	49 min
Apr 16, 6:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Newport News	24 min
Apr 16, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, York, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 1 more	42 min
Apr 16, 7:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex	33 min
Apr 16, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		43 min
Apr 16, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	35 min
Apr 16, 7:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	31 min
Apr 16, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	28 min
Apr 16, 7:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach	25 min
Apr 16, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		65 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.