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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 24, 2016Dinwiddie County, Prince George County, Sussex County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 6:45 PM EST for Dinwiddie County, Prince George County, Sussex County, Virginia. 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
Feb 24, 2016, 6:45 PM EST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 7:15 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dinwiddie County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 6:53 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Rowanta, VATREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN DINWIDDE COUNTY

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 1:46 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

727 
WFUS51 KAKQ 242345
TORAKQ
VAC053-149-183-250015-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0028.160224T2345Z-160225T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
645 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DINWIDDIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EST
    
* AT 645 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PURDY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STONY CREEK AROUND 655 PM EST. 
  CARSON AROUND 700 PM EST. 
  DISPUTANTA AROUND 715 PM EST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
NEWVILLE...PRINCE GEORGE GOLF AND TEMPLETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3712 7737 3722 7715 3715 7711 3711 7716
      3710 7715 3710 7711 3708 7710 3708 7708
      3707 7708 3707 7706 3706 7706 3687 7751
      3689 7763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 228DEG 43KT 3689 7754 

$$

BROWN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 7:17 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryAKQ15 hr
Feb 24, 4:17 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ24 hr
Feb 24, 8:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQBrunswick53 hr
Feb 24, 10:13 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond65 hr
Feb 24, 12:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland, Prince Edward39 min
Feb 24, 1:02 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland18 hr
Feb 24, 1:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSouthampton, City of Emporia50 min
Feb 24, 2:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQPrince George, Surry, Sussex25 min
Feb 24, 2:37 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Williamsburg23 min
Feb 24, 2:56 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent34 min
Feb 24, 3:11 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan23 min
Feb 24, 3:24 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson, City of Suffolk36 min
Feb 24, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ46 min
Feb 24, 3:31 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach29 min
Feb 24, 3:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ50 min
Feb 24, 3:51 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQPrince Edward27 min
Feb 24, 3:54 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQGloucester, Mathews, York, City of Poquoson36 min
Feb 24, 3:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Norfolk16 min
Feb 24, 4:02 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ43 min
Feb 24, 4:08 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ37 min
Feb 24, 4:08 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQFluvanna37 min
Feb 24, 4:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg23 min
Feb 24, 4:25 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland35 min
Feb 24, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward32 min
Feb 24, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLouisa28 min
Feb 24, 4:39 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg36 min
Feb 24, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward34 min
Feb 24, 4:47 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQFluvanna, Goochland, Louisa28 min
Feb 24, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward26 min
Feb 24, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAccomack39 min
Feb 24, 5:04 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward26 min
Feb 24, 5:11 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway34 min
Feb 24, 5:22 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa, Powhatan23 min
Feb 24, 5:28 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan32 min
Feb 24, 5:32 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Mecklenburg, Sussex43 min
Feb 24, 5:34 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQAmelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway41 min
Feb 24, 5:39 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa36 min
Feb 24, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQChesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond38 min
Feb 24, 5:58 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover32 min
Feb 24, 6:06 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex, City of Petersburg39 min
Feb 24, 6:11 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQBrunswick, Greensville, Sussex, City of Emporia34 min
Feb 24, 6:14 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Hanover, King and Queen, King William46 min
Feb 24, 6:35 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, New Kent, Prince George, City of Hopewell40 min
Feb 24, 6:38 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland37 min
Feb 24, 6:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBrunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Sussex24 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.