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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2014, 3:37 PM EST for 7 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 23 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2014, 3:37 PM EST (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton, VA | SEVERE DAMAGE TO SCHOOL MAINTENANCE BLDG IN FOXHILL AREA |
| Jan 11, 3:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hampton, VA | PARTIAL STRUCTURE COLLAPSE IN GRUNDLAND PARK. |
| Jan 11, 3:50 PM EST | TORNADO | Hampton, VA | EF0...SEVERE DAMAGE TO SCHOOL MAINTENANCE BLDG IN FOXHILL AREA...TREES DOWN...ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES |
| Jan 11, 3:54 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 50 | Langley Afb, VA | 43 KT GUST AT KLFI. |
| Jan 11, 3:55 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 62 | Fox Hill, VA | |
| Jan 11, 4:08 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 62 | Fox Hill, VA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
849
WFUS51 KAKQ 112037
TORAKQ
VAC093-650-700-710-735-740-800-112100-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0002.140111T2037Z-140111T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
337 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
CITY OF HAMPTON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF POQUOSON IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 332 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ISLE OF WIGHT...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDSOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FORT MONROE...NORFOLK NAS AND HAMPTON UNIVERSITY AROUND 350 PM EST.
OCEAN VIEW...BUCKROE BEACH...HAMPTON AND GRAND VIEW AROUND 355 PM
EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE
HUNTERSVILLE...RALEIGH TERRACE...WILLOUGHBY SPIT...PHOEBUS...WARDS
CORNER AND HALLWOOD.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WAKEFIELD AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE... OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3682 7665 3694 7669 3700 7654 3696 7647
3691 7646 3690 7640 3693 7639 3693 7634
3697 7633 3697 7630 3699 7631 3700 7636
3696 7643 3703 7647 3711 7628 3698 7629
3697 7625 3691 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 251DEG 57KT 3690 7656
$$
441 follow-up statement
238
WWUS51 KAKQ 112050
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
350 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
VAC093-800-112059-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2100Z/
CITY OF SUFFOLK VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-
350 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ISLE OF WIGHT AND
NORTHEASTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4 IN WAKEFIELD.
LAT...LON 3688 7640 3693 7639 3693 7634 3697 7633
3697 7631 3698 7630 3700 7633 3700 7636
3696 7643 3703 7647 3711 7628 3698 7629
3697 7625 3691 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 251DEG 57KT 3696 7633
$$
VAC650-700-710-735-740-112100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140111T2100Z/
CITY OF NORFOLK VA-CITY OF POQUOSON VA-CITY OF HAMPTON VA-
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH VA-CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS VA-
350 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF
NEWPORT NEWS...NORTHWESTERN CITY OF PORTSMOUTH...CITY OF HAMPTON...
SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF POQUOSON AND NORTHERN CITY OF NORFOLK COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM EST...
AT 346 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK
NAS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPTON UNIVERSITY...MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OCEAN VIEW...BUCKROE BEACH AND HAMPTON AROUND 355 PM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4 IN WAKEFIELD.
&&
LAT...LON 3688 7640 3693 7639 3693 7634 3697 7633
3697 7631 3698 7630 3700 7633 3700 7636
3696 7643 3703 7647 3711 7628 3698 7629
3697 7625 3691 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 251DEG 57KT 3696 7633
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia, City of Franklin | 119 min |
| Jan 11, 1:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Middlesex and 16 more | 94 min |
| Jan 11, 8:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Prince Edward | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 9:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Goochland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 11:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 54 min |
| Jan 11, 1:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Nottoway | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 1:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 1:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Richmond | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 2:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry, Sussex and 1 more | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 2:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Essex, Henrico, James City, King and Queen, King William and 6 more | 30 min |
| Jan 11, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, New Kent | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 2:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City, Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, Middlesex, New Kent and 2 more | 63 min |
| Jan 11, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Surry, Sussex | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 3:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 85 min | |
| Jan 11, 3:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, York, City of Franklin, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 3 more | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, James City, York, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Newport News and 5 more | 43 min |
| Jan 11, 3:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 107 min | |
| Jan 11, 4:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 102 min | |
| Jan 11, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Northampton | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.