Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 82, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2011, 5:13 PM EDT for Essex County, King and Queen County, King William County, Virginia. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 13, 2011, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2011, 5:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Essex County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 451 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
615
WFUS51 KAKQ 132113
TORAKQ
VAC057-097-101-132200-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0082.111013T2113Z-111013T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
513 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL KING WILLIAM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR TUNSTALL...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF
TALLEYSVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KING WILLIAM AROUND 520 PM EDT.
WALKERTON AROUND 525 PM EDT.
STEVENSVILLE AROUND 535 PM EDT.
MILLERS TAVERN AROUND 545 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE HENLEY FORK...
CROUCH...BRUINGTON...UPRIGHT AND HOWERTONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! 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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3780 7678 3759 7701 3761 7709 3763 7713
3765 7711 3767 7711 3788 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 206DEG 22KT 3763 7702
$$
BHURLEY4 follow-up statements
441
WWUS51 KAKQ 132120
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
520 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
VAC057-097-101-132200-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-111013T2200Z/
KING WILLIAM VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-ESSEX VA-
520 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESSEX...
CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN AND CENTRAL KING WILLIAM COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
EDT...
AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KING WILLIAM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WALKERTON AROUND 525 PM EDT.
STEVENSVILLE AROUND 535 PM EDT.
MILLERS TAVERN AROUND 545 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE HENLEY FORK...
BRUINGTON...CROUCH...UPRIGHT AND HOWERTONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3780 7678 3762 7700 3764 7706 3765 7709
3765 7711 3767 7711 3788 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 206DEG 22KT 3767 7699
$$
BHURLEY926
WWUS51 KAKQ 132124
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
524 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
VAC057-097-101-132200-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-111013T2200Z/
KING WILLIAM VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-ESSEX VA-
524 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESSEX...
CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN AND CENTRAL KING WILLIAM COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM
EDT...
AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KING WILLIAM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STEVENSVILLE AROUND 535 PM EDT.
MILLERS TAVERN AROUND 545 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE HENLEY FORK...
BRUINGTON...CROUCH...UPRIGHT AND HOWERTONS.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3765 7698 3766 7703 3767 7704 3771 7708
3788 7700 3780 7678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 206DEG 22KT 3770 7697
$$
BHURLEY443
WWUS51 KAKQ 132137
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
537 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
VAC101-132146-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-111013T2200Z/
KING WILLIAM VA-
537 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KING WILLIAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3786 7696 3780 7678 3770 7695 3771 7701
3772 7701 3772 7703 3774 7705 3788 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 206DEG 22KT 3776 7693
$$
VAC057-097-132200-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-111013T2200Z/
KING AND QUEEN VA-ESSEX VA-
537 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESSEX AND
CENTRAL KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STEVENSVILLE...OR
NEAR WALKERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MILLERS TAVERN AROUND 545 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE UPRIGHT AND
HOWERTONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! 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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3786 7696 3780 7678 3770 7695 3771 7701
3772 7701 3772 7703 3774 7705 3788 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 206DEG 22KT 3776 7693
$$
BHURLEY190
WWUS51 KAKQ 132144
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
544 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
VAC057-097-132153-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-111013T2200Z/
KING AND QUEEN VA-ESSEX VA-
544 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESSEX AND CENTRAL KING AND
QUEEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY
FROM HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3786 7696 3780 7678 3770 7695 3771 7701
3772 7701 3772 7703 3774 7705 3788 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 206DEG 22KT 3780 7690
$$
BHURLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2:33 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Northumberland, Westmoreland | 4 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 60 min |
| Oct 13, 6:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Goochland, Prince Edward | 59 min |
| Oct 13, 7:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 3 hr | |
| Oct 13, 11:18 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland | 9 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Louisa | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, King William, New Kent | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 59 hr | |
| Oct 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Oct 13, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Louisa | 26 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.