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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 16, 2011Brunswick County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 4:25 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brunswick County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 747 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

368 
WFUS51 KAKQ 162025
TORAKQ
VAC025-117-162100-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0008.110416T2025Z-110416T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
425 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORLINA...OR NEAR WARRENTON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EBONY AROUND 435 PM EDT.
  GASBURG AROUND 440 PM EDT.
  BRUNSWICK AROUND 450 PM EDT.
  LAWRENCEVILLE AROUND 455 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE BOWENS
CORNER...WHITE PLAINS...VALENTINES...TRIPLET AND ANTE.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND OR WIND 
DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4.

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 3685 7785 3668 7767 3658 7777 3654 7788
      3654 7824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 232DEG 40KT 3648 7811

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 10:55 PM EDTCoastal Flood WatchAKQAccomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland16 hr
Apr 16, 4:32 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton19 hr
Apr 16, 7:05 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland23 hr
Apr 16, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward42 min
Apr 16, 3:08 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg37 min
Apr 16, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg23 min
Apr 16, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward49 min
Apr 16, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway47 min
Apr 16, 3:44 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Nottoway31 min
Apr 16, 4:03 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway27 min
Apr 16, 4:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg33 min
Apr 16, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico and 6 more52 min
Apr 16, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa28 min
Apr 16, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights and 2 more24 min
Apr 16, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg15 min
Apr 16, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George and 3 more34 min
Apr 16, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex17 min
Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville33 min
Apr 16, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan28 min
Apr 16, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia22 min
Apr 16, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William and 6 more47 min
Apr 16, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, Sussex25 min
Apr 16, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Louisa14 min
Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex37 min
Apr 16, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex34 min
Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk25 min
Apr 16, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, New Kent and 4 more36 min
Apr 16, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster, Northumberland49 min
Apr 16, 6:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, James City, Surry, York, City of Newport News24 min
Apr 16, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, York, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 1 more42 min
Apr 16, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex33 min
Apr 16, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ43 min
Apr 16, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson35 min
Apr 16, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk31 min
Apr 16, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk28 min
Apr 16, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach25 min
Apr 16, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ65 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.