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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT for Prince George County, Surry County, Sussex County, Virginia. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 11, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Prince George County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 Jun 11, 4:04 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 4:04 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 537 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-120945- 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- 537 AM EDT WED JUN 11 2014 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS THAT SEE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BMD
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Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lancaster | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 90 min | |
| Jun 10, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 61 min | |
| Jun 10, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 2:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Cumberland, Prince Edward | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Nottoway and 2 more | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 4:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, Richmond and 1 more | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 1 more | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Hopewell | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, Prince George, City of Hopewell | 90 min |
| Jun 11, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hanover | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex | 81 min |
| Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, New Kent, Prince George | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 68 min |
| Jun 11, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, New Kent | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and 4 more | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Louisa | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex | 99 min |
| Jun 11, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | James City | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 4:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 53 min |
| Jun 11, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 60 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.