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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 30, 20164 counties in Virginia; Gates County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2016, 9:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in Virginia; Gates County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 30, 2016, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gates County, NC, City of Franklin, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 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 Jun 30, 9:21 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:21 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:05 PM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
405 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

MDZ021>025-VAZ048-060>062-064-066>069-075>078-080>086-088>090-099-
100-509>525-012015-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
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-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON-
WESTERN LOUISA-EASTERN LOUISA-WESTERN HANOVER-EASTERN HANOVER-
WESTERN CHESTERFIELD-EASTERN CHESTERFIELD (INCLUDING COL. HEIGHTS)-
WESTERN HENRICO (INCLUDING THE CITY OF RICHMOND)-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-
405 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTH CENTRAL
VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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>017-030>032-102-VAZ065-079-087-092-093-095>098-012015-
NORTHAMPTON-HERTFORD-GATES-PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-WESTERN CURRITUCK-
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-EASTERN CURRITUCK-MECKLENBURG-BRUNSWICK-
GREENSVILLE-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
405 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE REGION.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MINNICK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
758 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

VAZ096-010045-
SUFFOLK-
758 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

...A SHOWER WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF SUFFOLK...

AT 757 PM EDT...A SHOWER WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER
CRITTENDEN... OR NEAR CHURCHLAND. THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SHOWER.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTSMOUTH...CRITTENDEN...HUNTERSVILLE AND HOBSON.

LAT...LON 3688 7658 3691 7653 3691 7652 3692 7650
      3695 7651 3694 7648 3696 7649 3696 7650
      3697 7650 3697 7651 3698 7651 3693 7638
      3689 7639 3690 7641 3688 7641 3684 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 194DEG 4KT 3689 7649

SCALORA

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
815 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

VAZ088-089-092-093-010115-
SUSSEX-ISLE OF WIGHT-SURRY-SOUTHAMPTON-
815 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SURRY...ISLE OF
WIGHT...EASTERN SOUTHAMPTON AND NORTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES AND THE
CITY OF FRANKLIN...

AT 814 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED NEAR WAKEFIELD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...SMITHFIELD...WINDSOR...WAVERLY...COURTLAND...WAKEFIELD...
CLAREMONT...SURRY...ISLE OF WIGHT...IVOR...NEWSOMS...DENDRON...
HOMEVILLE...ELBERON...HUNTERDALE...SEDLEY...SCOTLAND...ZUNI...
CABIN POINT AND CAPRON.

STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THESE WIND GUSTS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN TREE LIMBS...SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES...AND
BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

LAT...LON 3704 7730 3711 7716 3718 7707 3723 7694
      3722 7692 3723 7682 3719 7677 3720 7675
      3691 7654 3690 7655 3685 7649 3688 7653
      3690 7656 3674 7676 3661 7719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 239DEG 24KT 3691 7702

SCALORA

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:50 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
850 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

VAZ081-082-089-090-010130-
CHARLES CITY-SURRY-JAMES CITY-PRINCE GEORGE-
850 PM EDT THU JUN 30 2016

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SURRY... PRINCE
GEORGE...SOUTHERN CHARLES CITY...AND SOUTHWESTERN JAMES CITY
COUNTIES...THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF PETERSBURG AND THE CITY OF
HOPEWELL...

AT 849 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PETERSBURG TO NEAR CABIN POINT.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...WILLIAMSBURG...CHARLES CITY...CLAREMONT...
DISPUTANTA...FORT LEE...PRINCE GEORGE...BURROWSVILLE...GARYSVILLE...
RUSTIC...JORDANS POINT...CABIN POINT...JORDAN POINT COUNTRY CLUB...
NEW HOPE...RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE...SPRING GROVE...
PRINCE GEORGE GOLF...NEW BOHEMIA AND WAYSIDE.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS.
BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS. HEAVY
RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND POSSIBLE MINOR
FLOODING OF DITCHES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MORE THAN 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3731 7729 3732 7727 3738 7725 3732 7674
      3731 7673 3729 7673 3709 7694 3713 7740
      3715 7740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 234DEG 17KT 3717 7735 3718 7698

JFOSTER

Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:03 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:28 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:30 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex	60 min
Jun 30, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	47 min
Jun 30, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		87 min
Jun 30, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince George, City of Hopewell	40 min
Jun 30, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	47 min
Jun 30, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	45 min
Jun 30, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		66 min
Jul 1, 4:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	51 min
Jul 1, 5:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Goochland, Powhatan	30 min
Jul 1, 5:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Powhatan, City of Richmond	45 min
Jul 1, 5:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover, City of Richmond	32 min
Jul 1, 6:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King William	32 min
Jul 1, 6:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, King William	33 min
Jul 1, 7:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	51 min
Jul 1, 9:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	45 min
Jul 1, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	17 min
Jul 1, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	50 min
Jul 1, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Gloucester, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex and 1 more	53 min
Jul 1, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	47 min
Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		60 min
Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Middlesex	60 min
Jul 1, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Accomack	3 hr
Jul 1, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry	42 min
Jul 1, 2:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	3 hr
Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northumberland	28 min
Jul 1, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Isle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson	52 min
Jul 1, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	48 min
Jul 1, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg	39 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		90 min
Jul 1, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	King and Queen	60 min
Jul 1, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	67 min
Jul 1, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth	49 min
Jul 1, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		90 min
Jul 1, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George	59 min
Jul 1, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Essex, King and Queen, King William	41 min
Jul 1, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	61 min
Jul 1, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		39 min
Jul 1, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		79 min
Jul 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	47 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	43 min
Jul 1, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Louisa	40 min
Jul 1, 5:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Accomack	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	48 min
Jul 1, 5:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	2 hr
Jul 1, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hanover	43 min
Jul 1, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, Louisa	38 min
Jul 1, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	47 min
Jul 1, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	60 min
Jul 1, 6:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	3 hr
Jul 1, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk	39 min
Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, King and Queen, King William	45 min
Jul 1, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Caroline	40 min
Jul 1, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	33 min
Jul 1, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		88 min
Jul 1, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	King and Queen, King William, New Kent	48 min
Jul 1, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake	46 min
Jul 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	48 min
Jul 1, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	42 min
Jul 1, 10:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	63 min
Jul 1, 12:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	39 min
Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Virginia, 2016 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2016 Every 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.