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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 24, 2013Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2013, 3:22 PM EDT for Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 24, 2013, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 24, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 10:31 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1031 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-251445-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-LOUISA-
PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-CAROLINE-MECKLENBURG-
LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO-KING WILLIAM-
KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-
BRUNSWICK-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-
MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-
SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
1031 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...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 NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA...THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OUT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ630>638-650-652-654-656-658-251445-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
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-
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-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT TO
20 NM-
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-
1031 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL
WATERS...CURRITUCK SOUND...THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER...THE EASTERN
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AND THE EASTERN YORK RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OUT
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY STORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 12:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1242 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

VAZ086-241730-
MATHEWS-
1242 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MATHEWS COUNTY THROUGH 130
PM EDT...

AT 1242 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GWYNN...OR ABOUT OVER MATHEWS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DIGGS...AND...MATHEWS AT 1250
PM EDT...RUFF AT 1255 PM EDT...LABAN...AND...PORT HAYWOOD AT 100 PM
EDT...PEARY AT 105 PM EDT...NEW POINT...AND...BAVON AT 115 PM EDT...
NEW POINT COMFORT AT 125 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3735 7626 3731 7626 3730 7627 3733 7632
      3750 7634 3753 7629 3751 7627 3747 7625
      3748 7624 3741 7624 3737 7624

JM
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
206 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

NCZ016-017-102-241845-
CAMDEN-EASTERN CURRITUCK-WESTERN CURRITUCK-
206 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CURRITUCK AND CAMDEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 206 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BERTHA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GRANDY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BERTHA AT 215 PM EDT...POPLAR
BRANCH AT 220 PM EDT...GRANDY AT 235 PM EDT...JARVISBURG AT 245 PM
EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3616 7592 3616 7596 3623 7602 3632 7593
      3625 7577 3624 7577 3621 7578 3622 7581
      3627 7584 3623 7585 3622 7583 3617 7582
      3611 7587

JM
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:23 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
223 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

VAZ060-061-241900-
CUMBERLAND-PRINCE EDWARD-
223 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CUMBERLAND AND PRINCE
EDWARD COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 223 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PROSPECT TO 8 MILES WEST OF
ELAM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF APPOMATTOX TO
APPOMATTOX...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
   PROSPECT...
   ELAM...
   FIVE FORKS.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

LAT...LON 3726 7869 3734 7861 3738 7861 3740 7859
      3738 7858 3734 7851 3735 7846 3740 7843
      3731 7830 3714 7856 3714 7859 3719 7865
      3720 7870

05
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:56 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
256 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

MDZ022-024-025-242000-
INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-WICOMICO-
256 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WORCESTER AND EASTERN
WICOMICO COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 254 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM POWELLVILLE TO WHITON...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALISBURY TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SALISBURY UNIVERSITY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NEWARK AROUND 400 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN
WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY
OF THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3823 7520 3823 7544 3835 7545 3841 7518

WRS
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:59 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
320 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

VAZ081-242000-
PRINCE GEORGE-
320 PM EDT WED JUL 24 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CITY OF HOPEWELL AND
NORTHWEST PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 318 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HOPEWELL...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR BIRCHETT ESTATE AT 345 PM
EDT...AND JORDAN POINT COUNTRY CLUB AT 355 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH
CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS...AND USE
EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3728 7720 3722 7726 3727 7736 3731 7732

JFOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 11:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLancaster34 min
Jul 24, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMathews48 min
Jul 24, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ50 min
Jul 24, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince Edward37 min
Jul 24, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince Edward61 min
Jul 24, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Hopewell40 min
Jul 24, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna62 min
Jul 24, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg, Nottoway55 min
Jul 24, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg39 min
Jul 24, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Mecklenburg48 min
Jul 24, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Franklin22 min
Jul 24, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Franklin33 min
Jul 24, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester48 min
Jul 24, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester64 min
Jul 24, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester24 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester29 min
Jul 24, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester23 min
Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester31 min
Jul 24, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico28 min
Jul 24, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCurrituck39 min
Jul 24, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan38 min
Jul 24, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton58 min
Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden65 min
Jul 24, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton35 min
Jul 24, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates, Hertford, Northampton61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.