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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 2:40 PM EDT for Caroline County, Virginia. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2013, 2:40 PM EDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2013, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Caroline County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 13, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 2:06 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:06 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
206 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A WEAK TROUGH SLIDING
ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
THE LATEST WV/IR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS LINE OF CONVECTION JUST
OFF COASTAL NJ, A REMNANT FROM OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING MCS
ACTIVITY. CONSIDERING LACK IN FORCING AND SIGNIFICANT CAPPING IN
PLACE OVERHEAD, REMAINDER OF THE LINE HAD QUICKLY DIMINISHED IN
INTENSITY BY LATE MORNING FARTHER SOUTH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
WARM FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER MD PANHANDLE N AND W
INTO CENTRAL AND NW PA. THIS FEATURE IS OUT AHEAD OF A POTENT MID
LEVEL TROUGH WHICH IS SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS
MORNING. EXPECT TSRA WL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS AS THE DOWNSLOPE INFLUENCE DISSIPATES, CONVECTIVE CAP ERODES
AND THE SYNOPTIC FORCING ENCOUNTERS RICHER MOISTURE. SVR
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 306 NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM FOR VA COUNTIES
MAINLY ALONG/WEST OF RIC METRO AREA. MORE ON THIS SHORTLY.
LATEST MESO-ANALYSIS SHOWS MLCAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3500 J/KG
OVER MUCH OF THE CWA AWAY FROM THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE...AND
BETWEEN 1500-2500 J/KG OVER LOWER MARYLAND. WE ARE STILL
ANTICIPATING A VERY QUICK RAMP UP TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER
THE NEXT FEW HRS, WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED TO
FIRING UP AS EXPECTED AT 17Z JUST WEST OF THE AREA ALONG PRE-
FRONTAL LEE TROUGH. SHRAS/TSRAS LOOK TO BECOME MORE LINEAR IN
NATURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE AREA (ROUGHLY FARMVILLE
VA TO SALISBURY MD...INCLUDING RIC METRO AND HAMPTON ROADS) AFTER
20Z/4PM AS FRONT MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA. 850-700MB LAPSE RATES
STEEPEN TO ~8C/KM THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS OCCURS, COINCIDENT WITH
AFOREMENTIONED AXIS OF 2500-3000+ J/KG OF MLCAPE ASSOCIATED WITH A
PROMINENT LOW-LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE. ALSO OF NOTE, BULK SHEAR IN
0-3KM LAYER QUICKLY RAMPS UP TO AROUND 40-50KT WITH THE APPROACH
OF THE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN PA, WHICH IS PROGGED TO
TRACK IMMEDIATELY N OF THE MASON- DIXON LINE THROUGH LATE THIS
EVENING.
THE NET RESULT OF THE ABOVE TRANSLATES TO AN ENHANCED SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT ACROSS OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
MODERATE RISK AREA HAS NOW BEEN SHUNTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF
RICHMOND METRO, INCLUDING NORTHEAST AND MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL NC.
FARTHER NORTH, SVR WATCH 306 NOW IN EFFECT FOR AREAS IN VA NORTH OF
RIC METRO, WITH LOWER EASTERN SHORE AND REMAINDER OF AKQ CWA
LIKELY TO BE PLACED IN A CONVECTIVE WATCH BOX WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR
OR TWO. STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS REMAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT, AS
STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE DIFFICULTY
REACHING THE SURFACE IN THE PRESENCE OF A DEEP WELL MIXED BOUNDARY
LAYER JUST ALOFT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT IS ALSO PRESENT,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA (NORTHERN NECK/LOWER
EASTERN SHORE) IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO RETREATING SURFACE WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER NE MD AND THE DELMARVA AND DEEPENING SURFACE
LOW. STRONG SHEAR AND VIGOROUS DEEP UPDRAFTS WILL ALSO SUPPORT A
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...ELEVATED FREEZING LEVELS IN A HOT
AIRMASS WILL MITIGATE WIDESPREAD SEVERE HAIL POTENTIAL.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.
HOWEVER...PROGRESSIVE STORM MOTION SHOULD LARGELY INHIBIT ANY
WIDESPREAD FLOODING RISK.
FOR HIGHS TODAY...EXPECTING TEMPERATURES MAXING OUT AROUND +1 ST
DEV ABOVE NORMAL, REACHING THE MID 90S AWAY FROM THE COAST...W
SLIGHTLY "COOLER" TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 ALONG THE COAST.
TONIGHT...
SFC LOW SLIPS FARTHER OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT. N-NW FLOW AND
RESULTANT MODERATE CAA BEHIND THE FRONT WILL USHER IN A COOLER AND
MARKEDLY DRIER AIRMASS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. POPS QUICKLY END
AFTER 06Z/2A AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN, THOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF
LINGERING LGT RA/SPRINKLES ACROSS NE NC ARE POSSIBLE. GENERALLY
ACCEPTED A BLENDED MOS SOLUTION, YIELDING EARLY MORNING LOWS IN
THE 60S FOR MOST, WITH SOME UPR 50S POSSIBLE OVER THE INTR EASTERN
SHORE AND NW OF RIC.
&&
.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON FRI...THEN
LINGER NEAR THE COAST IN THE AFTN AND EVENING BEFORE PUSHING OUT
TO SEA AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WEAK IMPULSE WILL DIVE SSE INTO THE BASE
OF THE TROUGH AND HELP TO SET OFF SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY EAST OF I-95 IN VA (INCLUDING
THE MD/VA EASTERN SHORE AND PORTIONS OF NE NC). THE BEST CHANCES
FOR MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION IS OVER THE NRN NECK AND MD/VA
EASTERN SHORE. ALL PRECIP ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY
SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. OVERALL...THE DAY WILL
START OUT MOSTLY SUNNY AND THEN CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY
DEVELOP IN THE AFTN DUE TO LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE
AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE UPPER TROUGH PRODUCING MID AND UPPER LEVEL
INSTABILITY. MEANWHILE...DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BEHIND THE UPPER TROUGH. THIS WILL RESULT
IN HIGH TEMPS AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...OR IN THE UPPER 70S
TO LOWER 80S (MID-UPPER 70S IMMEDIATE COAST).
TO REITERATE...THE UPPER TROUGH PUSHES OUT TO SEA BY SAT MORNING.
THE DAY WILL START OUT NICE AND COOL WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE
UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S (OR NEAR NORMAL). SFC HIGH PRESSURE THEN
BUILDS IN FROM THE NW AND SLIDES TO THE SE (AND EVENTUALLY OFFSHORE)
SUN INTO SUN NIGHT. AS THE HIGH SLIDES SE OF THE AREA...WINDS WILL
CHANGE FROM N-NW TO S-SW AND RESULT IN A GRADUAL WARMING TREND
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. HIGHS SAT SHOULD BE IN THE
LOW-MID 80S (UPPER 70S-LOWER 80S IMMEDIATE COAST). A ZONAL WEATHER
PATTERN DEVELOPS IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS SUN INTO MON AND
OPENS THE DOOR FOR WEAK IMPULSES OF ENERGY/MOISTURE TO CROSS THE
MID ATLANTIC REGION DURING THIS TIME. EXPECT INCREASING HIGH AND
MID LEVEL CLOUDS ON SUN WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
FROM NW TO SE THROUGHOUT THE AFTN AND EVENING. FOR SUN...LOWS IN
THE 60S AND HIGHS IN THE MID-UPPER 80S.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
LONG TERM PERIOD WILL FEATURE HI PRES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LEADING
TO WARM TEMPS AND SWLY FLOW ON AVG OVER THE MID ATLANTIC. CHCS FOR
SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE ARND FOR SUN NGT THRU LATE TUE/TUE
NGT...AS A COUPLE OF TROFS AFFECT THE AREA FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT
MOVING THRU LATE TUE/TUE NGT. HI PRES WILL THEN BLD INTO THE REGION
DURING WED AND THU. LOW TEMPS THRU THE PERIOD WILL BE IN THE UPR 60S
TO LWR 70S...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPR 80S.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS CONTINUING TO PUSH THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA WITH A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
EXPECT THE LINE OF STORMS TO PUSH NW TO SE ACROSS THE AREA THURS
AFTN/EVENING. TEMPO GROUPS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30KT...WITH ISOLATED
WIND GUSTS OF 50KT...AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE
IN THE HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT THE LINE TO MOVE THROUGH RIC AROUND 19Z
AND PUSH THROUGH PHF/ORF AROUND 22Z AND THROUGH ECG BY 23Z.
WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NNW/N OVERNIGHT AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE AND
REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG THROUGH FRI AFTN...GUSTING TO ~20KT. AN
ISOLATED SHOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE FRI AS THE MID LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES OVER THE FA.
OUTLOOK...VFR/DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AS
HI PRES RETURNS.
&&
.MARINE...
SCA'S REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS THRU FRIDAY AFTN...MAINLY FOR
WINDS OVER THE BAY/RIVERS/SOUND AND SEAS OVER CSTL WTRS. A STRONG
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION LATE THIS AFTN INTO TONIGHT. SW WINDS 15 TO 20
KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT WILL OCCUR IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...THEN
WINDS SHIFT TO THE NW THEN N TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING BEHIND THE
FRONT. MODELS STILL HINT AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME GALE FORCE WIND
GUSTS TONIGHT/EARLY FRI BEHIND THE FRONT BUT CONFIDENCE IS STILL NOT
HIGH ENOUGH FOR A GALE WARNING. IN ADDITION...SOME WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 50 KT ARE POSSIBLE WITH A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS LATER TODAY.
CONDITIONS START TO IMPROVE BY LATE FRIDAY INTO SAT...AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS IN FROM THE NW. THE HIGH WILL BUILD RIGHT OVER THE WATERS SAT
AFTN...THEN SLIDE OFF THE COAST FOR SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NOTTOWAY AT SEBRELL
(MINOR FLOODING LEVELS CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTN). THE
BLACKWATER AT FRANKLIN ALSO CONTINUES WITH A FLOOD WARNING.
EXPECT SOME SPIKING OF LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS ACROSS ALL
MAIN STEM RIVERS GIVEN THE RECENT RAINFALL. APPEARS THE UPPER
JAMES BASIN GOT A GOOD SOAKING ON SUNDAY BUT AT THIS TIME...IT
APPEARS THAT RICHMOND WESTHAM WILL REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE ATTM.
SEE FLSAKQ FOR MORE INFORMATION.
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY 6/13:
HIGH/YEAR
RIC 98/1954
ORF 96/1945
SBY 95/1938
ECG 98/1944
&&
.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ635>638.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ630>634.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ650-652-654-
656-658.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MAM
NEAR TERM...AJZ/MAM
SHORT TERM...BMD
LONG TERM...MAS
AVIATION...JDM/DAP
MARINE...MAS
HYDROLOGY...
CLIMATE...Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 2:17 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ060>063-065>073-079>083-087>098-100-141830- NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK- BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-PRINCE EDWARD- CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-MECKLENBURG-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA- POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-BRUNSWICK- DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX- SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON- NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-NORTHAMPTON VA- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 308 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. VAZ048-049-064-141830- FLUVANNA-LOUISA-CAROLINE- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 306 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. ANZ652-654-656-658-141830- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT TO 20 NM- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 308 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. ANZ650-141830- COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO 20 NM- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. ANZ635>638-141830- RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT-YORK RIVER- JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE- JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS BRIDGE- TUNNEL- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 308 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER...THE EASTERN RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. ANZ631>634-141830- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA- CURRITUCK SOUND- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 308 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY AND CURRITUCK SOUND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. MDZ021>025-VAZ078-084>086-099-141830- DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES- LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-ACCOMACK- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 308 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. VAZ074>077-141830- ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 306 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. ANZ630-141830- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA- 217 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 308 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD. YOUR REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
140 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
VAZ048-049-061>063-131830-
CUMBERLAND-FLUVANNA-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-LOUISA-
140 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISA...CUMBERLAND...
FLUVANNA...GOOCHLAND AND HANOVER COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT...
AT 140 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF WALDROP TO
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANTIOCH TO 27 MILES WEST OF HARDWARE...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISA TO 16 MILES WEST
OF PALMYRA TO 11 MILES NORTH OF BENT CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALDROP...GREEN
SPRINGS...ZION CROSSROADS...PALMYRA...LOUISA...WARES CROSSROADS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
LAT...LON 3814 7821 3816 7809 3810 7783 3802 7772
3800 7764 3795 7761 3795 7756 3789 7762
3764 7805 3765 7808 3764 7809 3764 7826
3769 7825 3773 7841 3777 7848 3781 7849
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Jun 13, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Jun 13, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 3:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 53 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 13 min |
| Jun 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Westmoreland | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, Goochland, Hanover, King and Queen, King William and 6 more | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico and 6 more | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 69 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 77 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico and 11 more | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 108 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster and 4 more | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 104 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 82 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen and 12 more | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton and 3 more | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 99 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 65 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 20 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland and 12 more | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Mecklenburg, Southampton, Sussex and 3 more | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 61 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 99 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 89 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 107 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 88 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 93 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Franklin, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 84 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 58 min | |
| Jun 13, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 1:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 1:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Somerset | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.