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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 1, 20124 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2012, 3:44 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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 1, 2012, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lancaster County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 1, 4:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Heathsville, VA

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 1, 1:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 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.

313 
WFUS51 KAKQ 011944
TORAKQ
VAC103-133-159-193-012015-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0004.120601T1944Z-120601T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
344 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORATTICO...OR NEAR
  ROBLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FARNHAM AROUND 350 PM EDT.
  HEATHSVILLE AND CALLAO AROUND 410 PM EDT.
  LEWISETTA AROUND 415 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE LARA...MOON
CORNER...MULCH...DODLYT...HOWLAND...LOTTSBURG...AVALON...MIDDLETONS
CORNER...HULL NECK AND EDWARDSVILLE.

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 3810 7658 3808 7653 3803 7650 3802 7646
      3797 7641 3796 7634 3793 7629 3792 7629
      3779 7656 3781 7663 3813 7660
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 223DEG 16KT 3782 7657

$$

LBROWN

1 follow-up statement

027 
WWUS51 KAKQ 012004
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
404 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

VAC103-193-012013-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120601T2015Z/
WESTMORELAND VA-LANCASTER VA-
404 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LANCASTER AND SOUTHEASTERN
WESTMORELAND COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3802 7646 3797 7641 3796 7635 3793 7628
      3790 7632 3783 7647 3784 7649 3784 7652
      3787 7656 3803 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 227DEG 11KT 3786 7651

$$

VAC133-159-012015-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120601T2015Z/
RICHMOND VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-
404 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND
AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBLEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HEATHSVILLE AROUND 415 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE DOLT...
HOWLAND...AVALON...MIDDLETONS CORNER...LOTTSBURG AND EDWARDSVILLE.

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 3802 7646 3797 7641 3796 7635 3793 7628
      3790 7632 3783 7647 3784 7649 3784 7652
      3787 7656 3803 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 227DEG 11KT 3786 7651

$$

LBROWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	55 min
Jun 1, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, City of Emporia	57 min
Jun 1, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Nottoway	56 min
Jun 1, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	57 min
Jun 1, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	53 min
Jun 1, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton	37 min
Jun 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more	43 min
Jun 1, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover, Henrico, King William, City of Richmond	51 min
Jun 1, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Fluvanna	53 min
Jun 1, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	36 min
Jun 1, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northumberland	29 min
Jun 1, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	52 min
Jun 1, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, City of Franklin, City of Newport News, City of Suffolk	53 min
Jun 1, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		36 min
Jun 1, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Cumberland, Goochland, Louisa, Powhatan	49 min
Jun 1, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	63 min
Jun 1, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	48 min
Jun 1, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		58 min
Jun 1, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick	61 min
Jun 1, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan	46 min
Jun 1, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	59 min
Jun 1, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		39 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		46 min
Jun 1, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	59 min
Jun 1, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		87 min
Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson	54 min
Jun 1, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	39 min
Jun 1, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan	38 min
Jun 1, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jun 1, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex and 2 more	52 min
Jun 1, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight	64 min
Jun 1, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Isle of Wight, New Kent and 6 more	38 min
Jun 1, 7:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William	36 min
Jun 1, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		67 min
Jun 1, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Suffolk	100 min
Jun 1, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa	55 min
Jun 1, 7:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	35 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.