Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2011, 5:56 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 34 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 7, 2011, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Richmond County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209
WFUS51 KAKQ 072156
TORAKQ
VAC057-097-103-119-159-072230-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0071.110907T2156Z-110907T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
556 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTAGUE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF MORATTICO...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHARPS AROUND 610 PM EDT.
ROBLEY AROUND 615 PM EDT.
FARNHAM AROUND 620 PM EDT.
HAYNESVILLE AROUND 630 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE BOWLERS
WHARF...TIDEWATER...DOWNING...WELLFORD...KENNARD...EMMERTON AND
MULCH.
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 3793 7655 3790 7654 3772 7669 3776 7683
3799 7675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 204DEG 20KT 3777 7674
$$
ZIMMERMAN2 follow-up statements
163
WWUS51 KAKQ 072209
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
609 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
VAC057-097-119-072219-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110907T2230Z/
KING AND QUEEN VA-ESSEX VA-MIDDLESEX VA-
609 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHEASTERN
ESSEX AND CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3793 7656 3790 7654 3780 7662 3779 7664
3782 7673 3787 7677 3799 7675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 204DEG 20KT 3784 7670
$$
VAC159-072230-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110907T2230Z/
RICHMOND VA-
609 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHARPS...OR 6 MILES WEST OF MORATTICO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROBLEY AROUND 615 PM EDT.
FARNHAM AROUND 620 PM EDT.
HAYNESVILLE AROUND 630 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WELLFORD...
KENNARD...EMMERTON AND MULCH.
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 3793 7656 3790 7654 3780 7662 3779 7664
3782 7673 3787 7677 3799 7675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 204DEG 20KT 3784 7670
$$
ZIMMERMAN693
WWUS51 KAKQ 072227
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
627 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
VAC159-072237-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110907T2230Z/
RICHMOND VA-
627 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY
FROM HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 3793 7656 3790 7654 3780 7662 3779 7664
3782 7673 3787 7677 3799 7675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 204DEG 20KT 3793 7665
$$
ZIMMERMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, York and 3 more | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 7:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg, City of Richmond | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Henrico | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex and 5 more | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 10:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Greensville and 13 more | 103 min |
| Sep 7, 12:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland and 2 more | 78 min |
| Sep 7, 4:03 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Northumberland | 12 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, Richmond | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Essex, King and Queen, Middlesex, Richmond | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 30 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.