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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2012, 3:26 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 34 min. 9 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
- Aug 15, 2012, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Prince George County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sysonby Ridge, VA | TREES DOWN ALONG MCILWAINE ROAD |
| Aug 15, 3:32 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Oak Hill Estates, VA | |
| Aug 15, 3:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood Farms, VA | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE WEST END OF PETERSBURG. |
| Aug 15, 3:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Petersburg, VA | ESTIMATED 30 MPH WINDS... LARGE BRANCHES DOWN... PEA SIZE HAIL |
| Aug 15, 3:39 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Parkview, VA | TREES ON POWER LINES AT PARKVIEW AVE AND BOYTON PLANK ROAD. |
| Aug 15, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Westover Park, VA | TREES BLOCKING THE ROAD IN THE 800 BLOCK OF SUNSET AVE. |
| Aug 15, 3:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Parkview, VA | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG FORT LEE ROAD. ONE HOUSE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE RESULTING IN ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. |
| Aug 15, 3:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Westchester, VA | TREE ON A PARKED CAR AT SOUTH BOULEVARD AND CRATER ROAD. |
| Aug 15, 3:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Prince George Golf Cour, VA | TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 460 JUST EAST OF ROUTE 156. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KAKQ 151926
TORAKQ
VAC041-053-149-570-730-152000-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.120815T1926Z-120815T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
326 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
WESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
CITY OF PETERSBURG IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUTHERLAND...OR 7
MILES WEST OF PETERSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ETTRICK AROUND 335 PM EDT.
PETERSBURG AROUND 340 PM EDT.
FORT LEE AROUND 345 PM EDT.
PRINCE GEORGE AROUND 350 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE RICHARD
BLAND COLLEGE...PETERSBURG NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD...NEW BOHEMIA...
BIRCHETT ESTATE AND PRINCE GEORGE GOLF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 3724 7757 3727 7733 3726 7733 3727 7729
3728 7725 3709 7725 3716 7757
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 273DEG 24KT 3719 7750
$$
JM2 follow-up statements
950
WWUS51 KAKQ 151936
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
336 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
VAC041-570-151946-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120815T2000Z/
CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-
336 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CHESTERFIELD AND
SOUTH CENTRAL CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3722 7746 3724 7740 3726 7725 3710 7725
3715 7746 3718 7747
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 273DEG 24KT 3719 7742
$$
VAC053-149-730-152000-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120815T2000Z/
PRINCE GEORGE VA-CITY OF PETERSBURG VA-DINWIDDIE VA-
336 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE...
CITY OF PETERSBURG AND WESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...
AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PETERSBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FORT LEE AROUND 345 PM EDT.
PRINCE GEORGE AROUND 350 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE PETERSBURG
NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD...NEW BOHEMIA AND PRINCE GEORGE GOLF.
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 3722 7746 3724 7740 3726 7725 3710 7725
3715 7746 3718 7747
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 273DEG 24KT 3719 7742
$$
JM202
WWUS51 KAKQ 151954
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
354 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
VAC053-149-730-152004-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120815T2000Z/
PRINCE GEORGE VA-CITY OF PETERSBURG VA-DINWIDDIE VA-
354 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE...CITY OF
PETERSBURG AND WESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY
FROM HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3722 7746 3724 7740 3726 7725 3710 7725
3715 7746 3718 7747
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 273DEG 24KT 3718 7727
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 11:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 12:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie | 22 min |
| Aug 15, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 89 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Newport News, City of Portsmouth | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Prince George and 4 more | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 56 min | |
| Aug 15, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 83 min | |
| Aug 15, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex and 3 more | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 108 min |
| Aug 15, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 87 min | |
| Aug 15, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 96 min | |
| Aug 15, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 74 min | |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Surry, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 4 more | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 118 min | |
| Aug 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 60 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Powhatan | 65 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.