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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 25, 2014Brunswick County, Greensville County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2014, 2:59 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Greensville County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 46 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: Apr 25, 2014, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brunswick County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 25, 1:19 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 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 Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
208 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

VAZ063-067-068-070-071-079-080-251915-
AMELIA-BRUNSWICK-CHESTERFIELD-DINWIDDIE-HANOVER-HENRICO-NOTTOWAY-
208 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS AMELIA...CHESTERFIELD...
HANOVER...HENRICO...CITY OF RICHMOND...BRUNSWICK...DINWIDDIE AND
NOTTOWAY COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 208 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BLACKSTONE AIRPORT...OR ABOUT OVER BLACKSTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NORTH WELLVILLE AT 215 PM
EDT...WILSONS AT 220 PM EDT...EARLS AT 225 PM EDT...AMMON AT 230 PM
EDT...MANNBORO AT 235 PM EDT...WINTERPOCK AT 250 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

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

LAT...LON 3766 7746 3747 7719 3696 7792 3708 7808

JBILLET

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:26 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
226 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

VAZ065-066-251930-
LUNENBURG-MECKLENBURG-
226 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MECKLENBURG AND LUNENBURG
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 226 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPANISH GROVE TO 7 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO SPRINGS TO 27 MILES SOUTH OF
NELSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX
TO 5 MILES NORTH OF VIRGILINA TO CREEDMOOR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE BUFFALO SPRINGS AROUND 235 PM
EDT...
  CLARKSVILLE AROUND 245 PM EDT...
  CHASE CITY AROUND 305 PM EDT...
  KELLS CORNER AROUND 315 PM EDT...
  REHOBOTH AROUND 320 PM EDT...
  LUNENBURG AROUND 330 PM EDT...

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

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

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
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.

LAT...LON 3658 7872 3668 7871 3669 7868 3670 7865
      3688 7850 3707 7846 3708 7845 3708 7825
      3669 7803 3654 7804 3654 7873 3656 7874

GINGRICH

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:35 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
235 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ012-013-VAZ092-251915-
HERTFORD-NORTHAMPTON-SOUTHAMPTON-
235 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHAMPTON...HERTFORD...
CITY OF FRANKLIN AND SOUTHAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 236 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RICH SQUARE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR POTECASI...AND...CREEKSVILLE AT
245 PM EDT...MILWAUKEE AT 250 PM EDT...CONWAY AT 255 PM EDT...
PENDLETON AT 300 PM EDT...SEVERN AT 305 PM EDT...BOYKINS AT 310 PM
EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.

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

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
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.

LAT...LON 3623 7738 3624 7738 3626 7741 3676 7723
      3667 7694 3624 7717 3624 7721 3621 7723
      3622 7726 3621 7730

GINGRICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 3:46 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		32 hr
Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond	67 min
Apr 25, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	64 min
Apr 25, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton	40 min
Apr 25, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland and 8 more	60 min
Apr 25, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico	27 min
Apr 25, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, Powhatan	50 min
Apr 25, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, King William	29 min
Apr 25, 4:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	36 min
Apr 25, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	64 min
Apr 25, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia	40 min
Apr 25, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights	43 min
Apr 25, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond	25 min
Apr 25, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William	29 min
Apr 25, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway	53 min
Apr 25, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Henrico, New Kent	47 min
Apr 25, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, City of Suffolk	42 min
Apr 25, 5:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	36 min
Apr 25, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 3 more	37 min
Apr 25, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach	57 min
Apr 25, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		78 min
Apr 25, 4:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Northampton	46 min
Apr 25, 5:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Northampton	3 hr
Apr 25, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan	48 min
Apr 25, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank and 1 more	38 min
Apr 25, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans	45 min
Apr 25, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	50 min
Apr 25, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Bertie	38 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.