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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2013, 11:50 AM EDT for Chesterfield County, Goochland County, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 23, 2013, 11:50 AM EDT (15:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2013, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chesterfield County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Powhatan County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 Aug 23, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 4:55 AM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 455 AM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-240900- 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- 455 AM EDT FRI AUG 23 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ630>638-650-652-654-656-658-240900- 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- 455 AM EDT FRI AUG 23 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. 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, Aug 23, 9:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1055 AM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013
VAZ048-049-062>064-071-231600-
CAROLINE-FLUVANNA-GOOCHLAND-HANOVER-HENRICO-LOUISA-
1055 AM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013
...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISA...FLUVANNA...
GOOCHLAND...HANOVER...HENRICO AND CAROLINE COUNTIES THROUGH NOON
EDT...
AT 1053 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHILESBURG TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL TO 5 MILES WEST OF CARTERSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GEORGES TAVERN AROUND 1100 AM
EDT...
OTHMA AROUND 1105 AM EDT...
ORCHID AROUND 1110 AM EDT...
LOCUST CREEK AROUND 1115 AM EDT...
GUM SPRING AROUND 1120 AM EDT...
CEDON AROUND 1125 AM EDT...
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A VEHICLE
PROVIDES SAFETY FROM 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.
THESE STORMS 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 3771 7829 3809 7782 3800 7766 3809 7754
3803 7726 3759 7772 3761 7777 3760 7781
3769 7791 3768 7795 3762 7796 3764 7806
3768 7811 3770 7809 3775 7815 3773 7820
3768 7824
JFOSTERSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 11:29 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 9:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Fluvanna, Louisa | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Goochland, Louisa | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Goochland, Powhatan | 61 min |
| Aug 23, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg, City of Richmond | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Nottoway | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Nottoway | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northumberland | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Accomack | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, City of Emporia | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward, City of Emporia | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, King William, City of Richmond | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Lunenburg, City of Emporia | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | AKQ | 8 hr | |
| Aug 23, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia, City of Franklin | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, City of Hopewell | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 22 min |
| Aug 23, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Surry | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan | 22 min |
| Aug 23, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Pasquotank | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 5:56 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 10 hr |
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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.