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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 25, 20145 counties in North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2014, 7:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. 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
Apr 25, 2014, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2014, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 1:19 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 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, 6:36 PM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:36 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 6:34 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
557 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E GARYSBURG           36.45N  77.54W
04/25/2014                   NORTHAMPTON        NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER UP TO THE CAR WINDOWS ON THE JACKSON BYPASS NEAR
            GARYSBURG. SEVERAL CARS STRANDED IN FLOOD WATERS. WATER
            REPORTED RUSHING DOWN THE ROADS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400867

DAP
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
608 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

VAZ063-064-070>078-082-083-085-090-252245-
CAROLINE-CHARLES CITY-CHESTERFIELD-ESSEX-HANOVER-HENRICO-JAMES
CITY-KING AND QUEEN-KING WILLIAM-LANCASTER-MIDDLESEX-NEW
KENT-NORTHUMBERLAND-RICHMOND-WESTMORELAND-
608 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...SECOND ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...

AT 607 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUANE FORK TO
BEACH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF SAINT
STEPHENS CHURCH TO 8 MILES EAST OF MOSELEY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
  CHESTER AROUND 615 PM EDT...
  SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH AROUND 620 PM EDT...
  TAPPAHANNOCK AROUND 630 PM EDT...
  WARSAW AROUND 635 PM EDT...
  PROVIDENCE FORGE AROUND 640 PM EDT...
  CENTER CROSS AROUND 645 PM EDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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 3803 7650 3735 7688 3731 7775 3802 7712
      3805 7651

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
623 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JACKSON                 36.39N  77.42W
04/25/2014                   NORTHAMPTON        NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE AROUND JACKSON.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1400868

DAP
Local storm report, Apr 25, 6:52 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 3:46 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ32 hr
Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond67 min
Apr 25, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg64 min
Apr 25, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton40 min
Apr 25, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg46 min
Apr 25, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland and 8 more60 min
Apr 25, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico27 min
Apr 25, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, Powhatan50 min
Apr 25, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico, King William29 min
Apr 25, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan36 min
Apr 25, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway64 min
Apr 25, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville, Southampton, City of Emporia40 min
Apr 25, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAmelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights43 min
Apr 25, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond25 min
Apr 25, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William29 min
Apr 25, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway53 min
Apr 25, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico, New Kent47 min
Apr 25, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Suffolk42 min
Apr 25, 5:54 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk36 min
Apr 25, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Essex, Henrico, King and Queen, King William and 3 more37 min
Apr 25, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach57 min
Apr 25, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ78 min
Apr 25, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningAKQNorthampton46 min
Apr 25, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAKQNorthampton3 hr
Apr 25, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Chowan48 min
Apr 25, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank and 1 more38 min
Apr 25, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie, Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans45 min
Apr 25, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.