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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT for Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, Maryland. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- May 22, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bivalve, MD | TREES DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399
WFUS51 KAKQ 222215
TORAKQ
MDC019-039-045-222245-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.140522T2215Z-140522T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
615 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL DORCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...
SOMERSET COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...
SOUTHWESTERN WICOMICO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF DEAL
ISLAND...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DEAL ISLAND AROUND 625 PM EDT.
WESTOVER AND MARION STATION AROUND 645 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE WATERVIEW...
DAMES QUARTER...MOUNT VERNON...MONIE...CHAMP...ORIOLE...RUMBLEY...
FAIRMOUNT...MANOKIN AND UPPER HILL.
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 3809 7554 3805 7566 3802 7564 3797 7571
3794 7582 3801 7589 3806 7582 3806 7588
3813 7585 3811 7595 3819 7595 3819 7599
3822 7585 3823 7587 3826 7594 3823 7597
3829 7602 3816 7603 3828 7614 3841 7598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 315DEG 32KT 3828 7597
$$
GINGRICH1 follow-up statement
013
WWUS51 KAKQ 222237
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
637 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
MDC019-039-045-222245-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140522T2245Z/
WICOMICO MD-SOMERSET MD-DORCHESTER MD-
637 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
DORCHESTER...SOMERSET AND SOUTHWESTERN WICOMICO COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
EDT...
AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DEAL
ISLAND...OR 8 MILES WEST OF PRINCESS ANNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MARION STATION AROUND 645 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE KINGSTON AND
REHOBETH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3809 7554 3805 7566 3802 7564 3797 7571
3794 7582 3801 7589 3806 7582 3806 7588
3813 7585 3811 7595 3819 7595 3819 7599
3822 7585 3823 7587 3826 7594 3823 7597
3829 7602 3816 7603 3828 7614 3841 7598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 315DEG 32KT 3814 7579
$$
GINGRICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 59 min |
| May 22, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 48 min |
| May 22, 8:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 30 min |
| May 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 31 min |
| May 22, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 30 min |
| May 22, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 41 min |
| May 22, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Worcester | 33 min |
| May 22, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 35 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.