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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 2, 2014Fluvanna County, Louisa County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2014, 8:32 PM EDT for Fluvanna County, Louisa 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
Jul 2, 2014, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fluvanna County, VA, Louisa County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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
Jul 2, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2014-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2014-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jul 2, 8:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

NCZ012-013-VAZ084-086>094-096-032300-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-SUSSEX-SURRY-
JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-
SUFFOLK-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS
VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO LIFT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
COAST THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT
AS THE FRONT SLOWLY CROSSES THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ030-032300-
BERTIE-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

VAZ095-097-098-032300-
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

MDZ024-025-VAZ099-100-032300-
INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO LIFT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
COAST THURSDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
FRIDAY MORNING AS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ015>017-031-032-102-032300-
PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-
OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ014-032300-
GATES-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO LIFT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
COAST THURSDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
FRIDAY MORNING AS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

MDZ021>023-VAZ048-049-060>083-085-032300-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-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-MIDDLESEX-
659 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF
VIRGINIA AND THE PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO LIFT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
COAST THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT SLOWLY CROSSES THE
REGION LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

MINNICK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
446 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

VAZ074>076-022115-
ESSEX-RICHMOND-WESTMORELAND-
446 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTMORELAND...ESSEX AND
RICHMOND COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 446 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MONTROSS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CURRIOMAN LANDING...AND...MOUNT
HOLLY AT 455 PM EDT...ERICA AT 500 PM EDT...COLES POINT AT 510 PM
EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3817 7674 3816 7662 3815 7660 3813 7659
      3811 7659 3798 7683 3807 7698 3817 7684
      3816 7682 3818 7676

DAP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
521 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

VAZ075-022145-
WESTMORELAND-
521 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTMORELAND COUNTY THROUGH
545 PM EDT...

AT 521 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MOUNT HOLLY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF MONTROSS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR COLES POINT AT 535 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3816 7660 3811 7659 3810 7656 3809 7655
      3807 7657 3800 7673 3811 7683 3817 7673
      3817 7668

DAP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
528 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

MDZ021-022230-
DORCHESTER-
528 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DORCHESTER COUNTY THROUGH
630 PM EDT...

AT 528 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
HONGA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF COVE POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CHURCH CREEK AT 550 PM EDT...
BUCKTOWN AT 600 PM EDT...LINKWOOD AT 620 PM EDT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3863 7595 3848 7582 3845 7584 3843 7582
      3841 7586 3830 7623 3831 7625 3832 7626
      3833 7628 3835 7626 3837 7629 3841 7629
      3847 7633 3859 7606 3858 7603

DAP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:26 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
826 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

VAZ048-049-030130-
FLUVANNA-LOUISA-
826 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISA AND FLUVANNA COUNTIES
THROUGH 930 PM EDT...

AT 826 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNION
MILLS TO 9 MILES WEST OF HARDWARE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMYRA TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DILLWYN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AREAS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE   FORK UNION AROUND 850 PM
EDT...
  BOSWELLS TAVERN AROUND 900 PM EDT...
  TROY AROUND 905 PM EDT...
  KENTS STORE AROUND 910 PM EDT...
  FERNCLIFF AROUND 920 PM EDT...

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
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 3805 7827 3813 7822 3816 7811 3814 7805
      3815 7801 3813 7799 3790 7803 3791 7807
      3775 7816 3773 7821 3769 7823 3769 7826
      3775 7846 3781 7849

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna64 min
Jul 2, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa48 min
Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGoochland, Louisa25 min
Jul 2, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover, Powhatan65 min
Jul 2, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa36 min
Jul 3, 3:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchAKQCaroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Lancaster, Northumberland and 4 more18 hr
Jul 3, 5:21 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ58 hr
Jul 3, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton31 min
Jul 3, 7:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ96 min
Jul 3, 8:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ52 min
Jul 3, 9:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ60 min
Jul 3, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ95 min
Jul 3, 10:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ50 min
Jul 3, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna66 min
Jul 3, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGoochland, Louisa53 min
Jul 3, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Prince Edward66 min
Jul 3, 4:32 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementAKQAccomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach51 hr
Jul 3, 4:32 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryAKQAccomack, Northampton24 hr
Jul 3, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline14 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCaroline, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa44 min
Jul 3, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, City of Richmond40 min
Jul 3, 5:38 AM EDTHurricane WarningAKQCamden, Currituck, Pasquotank30 hr

Nearby

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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.