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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2013, 5:27 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 48 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, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brunswick County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 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
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, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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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, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 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
Local storm report, Jul 24, 3:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lancaster | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mathews | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 50 min | |
| Jul 24, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Hopewell | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince Edward | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin | 22 min |
| Jul 24, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 61 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.