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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2011, 6:12 AM EDT for Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 16 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
- Sep 6, 2011, 6:12 AM EDT (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2011, 6:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nottoway County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 5:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662 WFUS51 KAKQ 061012 TORAKQ VAC111-117-135-061045- /O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0068.110906T1012Z-110906T1045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 612 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHWESTERN NOTTOWAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 645 AM EDT * AT 608 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHASE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... REHOBOTH AROUND 620 AM EDT. LUNENBURG AROUND 635 AM EDT. VICTORIA AROUND 640 AM EDT. THE FALLS AND KENBRIDGE AROUND 645 AM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE LOVES MILL...ORAL OAKS...NUTBUSH AND RUBERMOUNT. 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 3712 7820 3695 7803 3680 7844 3686 7848 TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 233DEG 27KT 3686 7842 $$ JM
1 follow-up statement
512 WWUS51 KAKQ 061028 SVSAKQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 628 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 VAC111-117-135-061038- /O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110906T1045Z/ NOTTOWAY VA-LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG VA- 628 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...LUNENBURG AND WEST CENTRAL NOTTOWAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY FROM HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT. LAT...LON 3712 7820 3695 7803 3680 7844 3686 7848 TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 233DEG 27KT 3693 7830 $$ JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Powhatan | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna | 62 min |
| Sep 6, 12:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 6:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 16 min |
| Sep 6, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 64 min |
| Sep 6, 9:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 62 min |
| Sep 6, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 59 min |
| Sep 6, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Isle of Wight, James City, New Kent, Prince George, Southampton and 4 more | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, York, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, York and 5 more | 49 min |
| Sep 6, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, City of Emporia | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Nottoway, Prince George and 3 more | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton | 63 min |
| Sep 6, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, King William, New Kent, Prince George, Surry and 1 more | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 19 min |
| Sep 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, Middlesex and 9 more | 48 min |
| Sep 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia, City of Franklin | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 87 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.