Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2016, 8:28 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk, Virginia. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2016, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2016, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Suffolk, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
047 WUUS51 KAKQ 170028 SVRAKQ VAC550-800-170115- /O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.160317T0028Z-160317T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 828 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA... THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF SUFFOLK IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA... * UNTIL 915 PM EDT * AT 828 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DEEP CREEK AROUND 855 PM EDT. GREAT BRIDGE AROUND 905 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SUFFOLK AIRPORT...SAUNDERS...MAGNOLIA...CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT...WILROY...PORTLOCK... NURNEY AND HERBERTS CORNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3663 7665 3679 7660 3679 7622 3656 7626 TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 281DEG 26KT 3669 7659 $$ 44
2 follow-up statements
350
WWUS51 KAKQ 170042
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
842 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016
VAC800-170051-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160317T0115Z/
CITY OF SUFFOLK VA-
842 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF
SUFFOLK IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST
AND OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3660 7648 3679 7646 3679 7622 3656 7626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 281DEG 26KT 3667 7647
$$
VAC550-170115-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160317T0115Z/
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-
842 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF CHESAPEAKE...
AT 841 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DEEP CREEK AROUND 855 PM EDT.
GREAT BRIDGE AROUND 905 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT...HERBERTS CORNER AND PORTLOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 7648 3679 7646 3679 7622 3656 7626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 281DEG 26KT 3667 7647
$$
44684
WWUS51 KAKQ 170050
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
850 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016
VAC550-170059-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160317T0115Z/
CITY OF CHESAPEAKE VA-
850 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN CITY OF
CHESAPEAKE IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS RAPIDLY
WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3660 7648 3679 7646 3679 7622 3656 7626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 281DEG 26KT 3666 7639
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 8:13 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.