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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 26, 2012Dorchester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2012, 6:26 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Maryland. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 26, 2012, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Dorchester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2021 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

575 
WFUS51 KAKQ 262226
TORAKQ
MDC019-262300-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0025.120826T2226Z-120826T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
626 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF COVE
  POINT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
  DORCHESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS WOOLFORD.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF 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 3844 7602 3830 7616 3831 7618 3831 7620
      3830 7616 3829 7618 3832 7624 3833 7627
      3835 7627 3836 7625 3836 7628 3839 7629
      3852 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 209DEG 10KT 3836 7623

$$

SCALORA
1 follow-up statement
656 
WWUS51 KAKQ 262244
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
644 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

MDC019-262300-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120826T2300Z/
DORCHESTER MD-
644 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DORCHESTER
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF COVE
POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
DORCHESTER COUNTY.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3844 7603 3834 7617 3838 7626 3851 7619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 213DEG 11KT 3839 7620

$$

SCALORA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 9:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQWorcester2 hr
Aug 25, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico, Worcester80 min
Aug 25, 11:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester62 min
Aug 26, 12:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningAKQWorcester2 hr
Aug 26, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester48 min
Aug 26, 7:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico37 min
Aug 26, 8:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico21 min
Aug 26, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester53 min
Aug 26, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester58 min
Aug 26, 7:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQDorchester2 hr

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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.