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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 1, 2012Camden County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2012, 5:17 PM EDT for Camden County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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 1, 2012, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Camden County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 5:18 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 W Chesterfield Height, NC	OFFICER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 17. TORNADO LIFTED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES BUT ROTATION WAS STILL EVIDENT.
Jun 1, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elizabeth City, NC	TREES DOWN ALONG PRITCHARD STREET

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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

141 
WFUS51 KAKQ 012117
TORAKQ
NCC029-139-012145-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0006.120601T2117Z-120601T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 515 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ELIZABETH CITY.
  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMDEN AROUND 525 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE SPENCES CORNER...
BURNT MILLS...BELCROSS AND LAMBS CORNER.

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...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3632 7636 3646 7626 3633 7609 3629 7617
      3630 7618 3629 7620 3628 7619 3625 7625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 214DEG 18KT 3633 7625

$$

MMONTE

1 follow-up statement

348 
WWUS51 KAKQ 012141
SVSAKQ

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

NCC029-139-012151-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120601T2145Z/
PASQUOTANK NC-CAMDEN NC-
541 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CAMDEN AND CENTRAL PASQUOTANK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...

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

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 3632 7636 3646 7626 3633 7609 3629 7617
      3630 7618 3629 7620 3628 7619 3625 7625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 214DEG 18KT 3643 7617

$$

MMONTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	57 min
Jun 1, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	33 min
Jun 1, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	17 min
Jun 1, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan	40 min
Jun 1, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Perquimans	59 min
Jun 1, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Pasquotank, Perquimans	27 min
Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	34 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.