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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 18, 2015Lancaster County, Middlesex County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2015, 9:37 PM EDT for Lancaster County, Middlesex County, Virginia. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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: Jun 18, 2015, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lancaster County, VA, Middlesex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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
Jun 18, 9:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sse Morattico, VA	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jun 18, 9:50 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Mollusk, VA	RELAYED BY WRIC MEDIA
Jun 18, 9:51 PM EDT	TORNADO	Mollusk, VA	EF0 TORNADO TRACKED FROM NEAR MOLLUSK TO NEAR OTTOMAN. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED.
Jun 18, 10:00 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Mollusk, VA	RELAYED BY WRIC MEDIA
Jun 18, 10:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Merry Point, VA	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 14 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

270 
WFUS51 KAKQ 190137
TORAKQ
VAC103-119-190215-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0006.150619T0137Z-150619T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
937 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LANCASTER COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
    
* AT 936 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  MORATTICO...OR NEAR ROBLEY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KILMARNOCK...LANCASTER...MORATTICO...NUTTSVILLE...WEEMS...
  BERTRAND...BELLE ISLE STATE PARK...ALFONSO...MOLLUSK...LIVELY...
  SOMERS...CHRIST CHURCH...SENORA AND BROOK VALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY STORM SPOTTERS. TAKE
COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3777 7637 3771 7638 3771 7636 3764 7643
      3766 7642 3765 7645 3767 7647 3768 7644
      3770 7646 3770 7647 3772 7643 3771 7648
      3775 7651 3773 7652 3766 7651 3764 7650
      3764 7651 3778 7666 3783 7658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 310DEG 23KT 3781 7663 

$$

JM

2 follow-up statements

866 
WWUS51 KAKQ 190159
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
959 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

VAC103-119-190215-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150619T0215Z/
LANCASTER VA-MIDDLESEX VA-
959 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
LANCASTER AND NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

AT 958 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR URBANNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KILMARNOCK...LANCASTER...MORATTICO...NUTTSVILLE...WEEMS...BERTRAND...
BELLE ISLE STATE PARK...ALFONSO...MOLLUSK...LIVELY...SOMERS...CHRIST
CHURCH...SENORA AND BROOK VALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE
COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3777 7637 3771 7638 3771 7636 3764 7643
      3766 7642 3765 7645 3767 7647 3768 7644
      3770 7646 3770 7647 3772 7643 3771 7648
      3775 7651 3773 7652 3766 7651 3764 7650
      3764 7651 3778 7666 3783 7658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 324DEG 17KT 3772 7656 

$$

JO

785 
WWUS51 KAKQ 190212
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1012 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

VAC103-119-190222-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150619T0215Z/
LANCASTER VA-MIDDLESEX VA-
1012 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LANCASTER AND NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3777 7637 3771 7638 3771 7636 3764 7643
      3766 7642 3765 7645 3767 7647 3768 7644
      3770 7646 3770 7647 3772 7643 3771 7648
      3775 7651 3773 7652 3766 7651 3764 7650
      3764 7651 3778 7666 3783 7658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 310DEG 23KT 3772 7656 

$$

JM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 18, 3:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:49 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
349 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS POSITIONED OFF THE VIRGINIA ATLANTIC
COAST EXTENDING THROUGH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
CHANCES FOR MORE SHOWERS/STORMS INCREASING THIS AFTN AS SHORTWAVE
ENERGY/MOISTURE STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION IN FLAT WLY FLOW ALOFT.
ABUNDANT INSTABILITY WILL HELP STORM INITIATION BUT STRONGEST
STORMS WILL STAY TO THE NORTH WHERE THE BEST DYNAMICS ARE LOCATED.
THE MAIN IMPACT/THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD
PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND AREAS OF
POOR DRAINAGE. SHOWERS/STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN
INTENSITY BY THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...COMING TO AN END ALONG
THE COAST BEFORE DAYBREAK.

UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS LIMITED MAX HEATING POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON
WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT AROUND 90 ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. EXPECT
ANOTHER WARM NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPS REMAINING ABOVE 70.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN PERSISTS FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT. A
SERIES OF SHORTWAVES EJECTING FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION BILL WILL STREAM INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION DUE TO
THE PERSISTENTLY FLAT WLY FLOW ALOFT. OVERALL...AFTN/EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY WITH BRIEF DRY
PERIODS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. MAIN IMPACTS FROM CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL (WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR
FLOODING) AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE TSTORMS IS LOW...ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS A LACK OF
FORCING AND/OR FRONTAL FEATURES TO SUPPORT SUFFICIENT LIFT.

MODELS COMING INTO GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING AND POSITION OF
THE MOVEMENT OF THE REMNANTS OF TS BILL. EXPECT WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE THE MAIN CONCERN ON SUNDAY.

WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. LOWS ALSO REMAIN UNCOMFORTABLE AS
TEMPS RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 70S.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
A WEAK UPPER TROUGH SETS UP OVER NEW ENGLAND INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
MONDAY AND THEN SLIP JUST OFFSHORE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PLACING
THE REGION IN A GENERAL NW UPPER FLOW IN THE LONG TERM. OCCASIONAL
DISTURBANCES TRACK FROM NW TO SE IN THE UPPER FLOW LATE MONDAY AND
AGAIN LATE TUESDAY. AT THE SURFACE A LEE TROF DEVELOPS OUT AHEAD OF
A WEAK COLD FRONT MONDAY WITH THE LATEST MODELS STALLING THE BOUNDARY
ACROSS THE NC/VA BORDER THROUGH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL
BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. EXACT TIMING OF ANY S/W IMPULSES ALONG THE BOUNDARY IS
RATHER PROBLEMATIC ATTM BUT BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP LOOK TO BE
ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL VA...SOUTHEAST VA AND NC. UPSHOT WILL
BE TO CONTINUE CHC OR SLIGHT CHC POPS EACH DAY. THE UPPER RIDGES
BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE SW THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WHICH WOULD RESULT
IN LESS CHANCES FOR PRECIP AND GRADUALLY BUILDING HEAT.

SUMMER HEAT CONTINUES MONDAY WITH HIGHS 85-90 ALONG THE COAST WITH
90-95 INLAND. LOWS 70-75.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THE WARM FRONT THAT HAD BEEN SLIDING NORTH HAS CLEARED THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON AND CEILINGS HAVE LIFTED TO VFR LEVELS. WITH THE
HEATING OF THE DAY...CU IS EXPECTED TO FORM AND COVERAGE IS
EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST FURTHER NORTH NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
HOWEVER...CONVECTION SHOULD BE LIMITED ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE
MODELS SHOWING THAT ANYTHING THAT WOULD DEVELOP WOULD BE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RIGHT NOW THE BEST
CHANCES FOR TSTORMS LOOKS TO BE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA. SO FOR
NOW HAVE JUST SHOWN SOME SCT/BKN CU AT THE TAF SITES.

FOR TONIGHT...OUT SIDE OF THE AREA OF CONVECTION...EXPECT VFR
CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL...WITH SOME HIGH CIRRUS AND SOME MID DECK
CLOUDS FLOATING THROUGH THE REGION. ON FRIDAY...THE FRONT TO THE
NORTH OVER PA AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE OH VALLEY WILL BEGIN TO
SINK SOUTHWARD AND THIS COULD PROVIDE A BETTER CHANCE FOR
AFTERNOON CONVECTION...BUT RIGHT NOW EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS.

OUTLOOK...THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK NORTH OF THE AREA ON
SATURDAY...PUTTING THE ENTIRE REGION IN THE WARM SECTOR AND VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH REDUCED CHANCES FOR CONVECTION. ON
SUNDAY...THE REMNANTS OF BILL WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA AND
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

.MARINE...
GENERALLY S TO SW FLOW AROUND 10 KT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE
SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KT OVERNIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE
PASSES TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE DELMARVA. WINDS BECOME VARIABLE AND
MORE NORTH TO NORTHEAST FOR A BRIEF PERIOD FRI BEFORE TURNING TO A
SOUTHERLY FLOW FRI EVENING. THE PRES GRAD TIGHTENS SIGNIFICANTLY
LATE SAT INTO SUN AS THE REMNANT OF BILL TRACK TO THE NORTH. THIS
WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
ESPECIALLY SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTER RATHER LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW
FRIDAY. SCA CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE SOUTH WINDS. THE GRADIENT REMAINS IN PLACE
WITH STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE
GRAD WEAKENS SOME MONDAY EXPECT OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS WHERE SW
WINDS OF 15 KT OR GRATER MAY PERSIST UNTIL TUE MORNING.

WAVES OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL REMAIN AROUND 2 FT THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. OVER THE BAY WAVES OF 1 TO 2 FT ARE EXPECTED.
SEAS START TO BUILD SOME LATE SATURDAY AND MORE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING SW WINDS. WAVES BUILD TO 2 TO
3 FT OVER THE BAY FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.AKQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
NC...NONE.
VA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...DAP
NEAR TERM...BMD/DAP
SHORT TERM...BMD/DAP
LONG TERM...JAO
AVIATION...ESS
MARINE...JAO

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 3:17 PM EDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
317 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

ANZ637-MDZ021>025-NCZ017-102-VAZ048-060>062-064-066>069-075>078-
080>086-088>090-095-098>100-509>525-191930-
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE-DORCHESTER-
WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-INLAND CURRITUCK-
OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-FLUVANNA-PRINCE EDWARD-CUMBERLAND-GOOCHLAND-
CAROLINE-LUNENBURG-NOTTOWAY-AMELIA-POWHATAN-WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-
NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-DINWIDDIE-PRINCE GEORGE-CHARLES CITY-
NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-
WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-EASTERN CHESTERFIELD-WESTERN HENRICO-
EASTERN HENRICO-WESTERN KING WILLIAM-EASTERN KING WILLIAM-
WESTERN KING AND QUEEN-EASTERN KING AND QUEEN-WESTERN ESSEX-
EASTERN ESSEX-YORK-NEWPORT NEWS-HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
317 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER...THE
LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND...COASTAL 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ012>016-030>032-VAZ065-079-087-092-093-096-097-191930-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-BERTIE-CHOWAN-
PERQUIMANS-MECKLENBURG-BRUNSWICK-GREENSVILLE-SOUTHAMPTON-
ISLE OF WIGHT-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
317 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:07 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
907 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

VAZ099-100-190145-
NORTHAMPTON-ACCOMACK-
907 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN ACCOMACK COUNTIES...

AT 906 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE BAY ABOUT 10
MILES WEST OF EXMORE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EXMORE AND NASSAWADOX AROUND 935 PM EDT.
  WILLIS WHARF AROUND 940 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE WARDTOWN...
FRANKTOWN...QUINBY...PAINTER...BIRDSNEST...MACHIPONGO AND JAMESVILLE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3748 7567 3756 7571 3752 7575 3746 7566
      3737 7572 3749 7572 3748 7581 3740 7573
      3739 7573 3740 7580 3731 7576 3744 7598
      3749 7590 3750 7590 3747 7596 3765 7589
      3754 7562
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 301DEG 22KT 3759 7602

JO

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:12 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
912 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEWLAND                 38.05N  76.87W
06/18/2015                   RICHMOND           VA   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN ALONG NEWLAND ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1500899

JO

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:26 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
926 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0921 PM     WALL CLOUD       TAPPAHANNOCK            37.92N  76.87W
06/18/2015                   ESSEX              VA   AMATEUR RADIO

            WALL CLOUD SEEN WITH FUNNEL CLOUD TO THE EAST OF
            TAPPAHANNOCK

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1500900

LALEXAND

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:27 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
927 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0815 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ONANCOCK                37.71N  75.74W
06/18/2015                   ACCOMACK           VA   911 CALL CENTER

            BOATS CAPSIZED AND ROOF OFF A BUILDING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1500901

JO

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:31 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
931 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0921 PM     WALL CLOUD       TAPPAHANNOCK            37.92N  76.87W
06/18/2015                   ESSEX              VA   AMATEUR RADIO

            WALL CLOUD SEEN WITH FUNNEL CLOUD TO THE EAST OF
            TAPPAHNNOCK

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1500902

LALEXAND

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:36 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
936 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2015

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

0932 PM     TORNADO          1 SE SHARPS             37.83N  76.69W
06/18/2015                   RICHMOND           VA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF SHARPS.
            TRAINED SPOTTER WAS ON HIGHWAY 17 SOUTH OF TAPPAHANNOCK
            LOOKING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE RIVER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AKQ1500903

JO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Westmoreland	39 min
Jun 18, 8:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		67 min
Jun 18, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	22 min
Jun 18, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		26 min
Jun 18, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Richmond, Westmoreland	50 min
Jun 18, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland	43 min
Jun 18, 8:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Essex, Richmond	25 min
Jun 18, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		47 min
Jun 18, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	38 min
Jun 18, 9:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Essex, Richmond	31 min
Jun 18, 9:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	41 min
Jun 18, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		56 min
Jun 18, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		33 min
Jun 18, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		54 min
Jun 18, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex	50 min
Jun 18, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		94 min
Jun 18, 10:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Mathews, Middlesex	24 min
Jun 19, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	50 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.