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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 25, 20125 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2012, 2:44 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 31 min. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2012, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Richmond, VA, Goochland County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 2:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Erin Shades, VA	SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN WITH ROOF OFF CORPORATE BUILDING IN INNSBROOK CORPORATE CENTER.
Jun 25, 2:48 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Short Pump, VA	WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN WITH SOME ON HOUSES FROM SHORT PUMP THROUGH WEST END. EMERGENCY CREWS ARE PERFORMING DAMAGE SURVEYS.
Jun 25, 2:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Sw Lakeside, VA	TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA.
Jun 25, 3:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Broad Meadows, VA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...INCLUDING SEVERAL DOWNED ONTO HOMES...ON CRYSTALWOOD LANE IN INNSBROOK SECTION OF WESTERN HENRICO COUNTY. ESTIMATED WINDS BETWEEN 80 AND 90 MPH.
Jun 25, 3:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene English Hills, VA	WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN ACROSS HERICO WITH NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 25, 3:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Montrose, VA	TREES DOWN AT CHARLES CITY ROAD AND WILLIAMSBURG ROAD.
Jun 25, 3:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Ene English Hills, VA	WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN ACROSS HERICO WITH NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Broad Meadows, VA	LARGE TREES DOWN WITH PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES IN BROAD MEADOWS SUBDIVISION.
Jun 25, 3:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Acca, VA	DAMAGE IS BEING REPORTED AT THE RICHMOND DIAMOND. ROWS OF SEATS HAVE BEEN BLOWN AROUND AND A WALL IS LEANING NEAR COLLAPSE.
Jun 25, 3:21 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wnw Highland Springs, VA	TREE DOWN ON CREIGHTON ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 25, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

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

420 
WFUS51 KAKQ 251844
TORAKQ
VAC041-075-085-087-760-251915-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0012.120625T1844Z-120625T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
244 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GOOCHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HANOVER COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  WESTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CITY OF RICHMOND IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANAKIN...OR NEAR
  TUCKAHOE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TUCKAHOE...LAUREL...GLEN ALLEN AND BON AIR AROUND 250 PM EDT.
  LAKESIDE AROUND 255 PM EDT.
  DOWNTOWN RICHMOND AROUND 300 PM EDT.
  EAST HIGHLAND PARK AROUND 305 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE ROSLYN
HILLS...GREENDALE...LONGDALE...DUMBARTON...SOLOMONS STORE...
CHAMBERLAYNE AND MONTROSE.

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 3774 7764 3760 7730 3740 7745 3757 7766
      3760 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 294DEG 33KT 3763 7762

$$

JBILLET

1 follow-up statement

814 
WWUS51 KAKQ 251911
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
311 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

VAC041-075-085-087-760-251921-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120625T1915Z/
CITY OF RICHMOND VA-HENRICO VA-HANOVER VA-GOOCHLAND VA-
CHESTERFIELD VA-
311 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD...SOUTHEASTERN
GOOCHLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL HANOVER...WESTERN HENRICO AND CITY OF
RICHMOND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3774 7764 3760 7730 3740 7745 3757 7766
      3760 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 294DEG 33KT 3753 7734

$$

ESEYMOUR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 4:04 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		36 hr
Jun 25, 8:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		62 min
Jun 25, 10:28 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		92 min
Jun 25, 12:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		85 min
Jun 25, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	51 min
Jun 25, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	42 min
Jun 25, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		76 min
Jun 25, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	31 min
Jun 25, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond	57 min
Jun 25, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	39 min
Jun 25, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster	23 min
Jun 25, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		42 min
Jun 25, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Powhatan and 1 more	52 min
Jun 25, 2:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan	32 min
Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		91 min
Jun 25, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		53 min
Jun 25, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan	48 min
Jun 25, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	59 min
Jun 25, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan, Prince George and 3 more	32 min
Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway, City of Petersburg	50 min
Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, James City, New Kent	45 min
Jun 25, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	40 min
Jun 25, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		82 min
Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		62 min
Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, James City, Prince George, Surry	47 min
Jun 25, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		74 min
Jun 25, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		75 min
Jun 25, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, New Kent, Prince George and 4 more	43 min
Jun 25, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	52 min
Jun 25, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		44 min
Jun 25, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		41 min
Jun 25, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		86 min
Jun 25, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton and 6 more	53 min
Jun 25, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	64 min
Jun 25, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	46 min
Jun 25, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		84 min
Jun 25, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth and 2 more	65 min
Jun 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		115 min
Jun 25, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	46 min
Jun 25, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.