Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 33 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, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brunswick County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
557 WFUS51 KAKQ 162012 TORAKQ VAC025-111-117-162045- /O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0007.110416T2012Z-110416T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 412 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN LUNENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA CROSSE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH HILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SOUTH HILL AND LA CROSSE AROUND 420 PM EDT. ALBERTA AROUND 435 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE FORKSVILLE...BACONS FORK...GILLS CORNER...MEREDITHVILLE...PRICES MILL...DANIELTOWN AND COCHRAN. 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 3698 7793 3689 7780 3654 7824 3664 7831 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 226DEG 49KT 3665 7820 $$ 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, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 27 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.