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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 23, 2011Isle of Wight County, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT for Isle of Wight County, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 32 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 23, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties City of Newport News, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

781 
WFUS51 KAKQ 231913
TORAKQ
VAC093-700-800-231945-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0073.110923T1913Z-110923T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
313 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGS FORK...OR NEAR ROUTE 460 AND ROUTE
  58...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGS FORK AROUND 320 PM EDT.
  CHUCKATUCK AROUND 330 PM EDT.
  BENNS CHURCH AROUND 335 PM EDT.
  CRITTENDEN AROUND 340 PM EDT.
  RESCUE AND BATTERY PARK AROUND 345 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WILLS
CORNER...LONGVIEW...HOBSON AND CARROLLTON.

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 3702 7658 3697 7641 3671 7664 3674 7670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 207DEG 28KT 3675 7664

$$

ALBRIGHT
1 follow-up statement
117 
WWUS51 KAKQ 231934
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
334 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

VAC093-700-800-231945-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110923T1945Z/
CITY OF SUFFOLK VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS VA-
334 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CITY OF
NEWPORT NEWS...EAST CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT AND NORTHEASTERN CITY OF
SUFFOLK COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHUCKATUCK...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF ROUTE 460 AND
ROUTE 58...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RESCUE AND BATTERY PARK AROUND 340 PM EDT.

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 3683 7654 3685 7661 3702 7658 3697 7641
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 210DEG 33KT 3691 7653

$$

ALBRIGHT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 8:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Lunenburg, Powhatan, Prince Edward42 min
Sep 23, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan60 min
Sep 23, 12:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQPrince Edward3 hr
Sep 23, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg37 min
Sep 23, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland, Prince Edward37 min
Sep 23, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick44 min
Sep 23, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan38 min
Sep 23, 2:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 9 more103 min
Sep 23, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie53 min
Sep 23, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Powhatan, City of Richmond62 min
Sep 23, 3:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQBrunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 13 more2 hr
Sep 23, 3:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQGloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex and 11 more2 hr
Sep 23, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ84 min

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.