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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Wakefield, VA
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Lunenburg, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 42 min |
| Sep 23, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan | 60 min |
| Sep 23, 12:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 37 min |
| Sep 23, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 37 min |
| Sep 23, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 44 min |
| Sep 23, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan | 38 min |
| Sep 23, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 9 more | 103 min |
| Sep 23, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 53 min |
| Sep 23, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 62 min |
| Sep 23, 3:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, Mathews, Middlesex and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 84 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.