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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Wakefield, VA

February 24, 20168 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 7:40 PM EST for 8 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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
Feb 24, 2016, 7:40 PM EST (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 8:15 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Charles City County, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, Henrico County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Prince George County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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, 7:40 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGJordan Point Country Cl, VATREES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 10.
Feb 24, 8:10 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Eltham, VATREES DOWN.
Feb 24, 8:10 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw West Point, VATREES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 1:46 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2016-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 526 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
526 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
595 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted.

454 
WFUS51 KAKQ 250040 RRA
TORAKQ
VAC036-087-095-097-101-127-149-670-250115-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0034.160225T0040Z-160225T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN KING WILLIAM COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHWESTERN JAMES CITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENRICO COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NEW KENT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  CHARLES CITY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
  NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EST
    
* AT 740 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRINCE GEORGE...OR NEAR FORT LEE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BURROWSVILLE AROUND 745 PM EST. 
  CHARLES CITY...ADKINS STORE AND RUTHVILLE AROUND 755 PM EST. 
  ROXBURY AND PROVIDENCE FORGE AROUND 800 PM EST. 
  NEW KENT AND TALLEYSVILLE AROUND 805 PM EST. 
  KING WILLIAM AND WEST POINT AROUND 815 PM EST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SANDYBOTTOM...MATTAPONI...JORDAN POINT COUNTRY CLUB...ELTHAM...NEW HOPE...
PALLS...PLUM POINT...COLONIAL DOWNS...COOKE AND WAYSIDE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3754 7671 3712 7719 3724 7736 3731 7731
      3731 7728 3732 7727 3734 7727 3736 7725
      3738 7725 3738 7726 3736 7727 3735 7728
      3736 7728 3773 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 214DEG 48KT 3723 7723 

$$

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1 follow-up statement
786 
WWUS51 KAKQ 250103
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
803 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

VAC087-095-149-670-250112-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160225T0115Z/
JAMES CITY VA-HENRICO VA-CITY OF HOPEWELL VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-
803 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JAMES CITY...SOUTHEASTERN
HENRICO AND NORTHERN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF HOPEWELL
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3754 7671 3743 7689 3738 7697 3743 7712
      3743 7715 3744 7715 3743 7718 3745 7716
      3746 7718 3773 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 214DEG 48KT 3748 7702 

$$

VAC036-097-101-127-250115-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160225T0115Z/
KING WILLIAM VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-NEW KENT VA-CHARLES CITY VA-
803 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KING WILLIAM...SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN...NEW KENT
AND NORTHEASTERN CHARLES CITY COUNTIES...
    
AT 802 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
PROVIDENCE FORGE...OR NEAR NEW KENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KING WILLIAM AND WEST POINT AROUND 815 PM EST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SANDYBOTTOM...COHOKE...MATTAPONI...ELTHAM...SLATERVILLE...WRIGHTS CORNER...
PALLS...BROWNS CORNER...PLUM POINT AND COLONIAL DOWNS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3754 7671 3743 7689 3738 7697 3743 7712
      3743 7715 3744 7715 3743 7718 3745 7716
      3746 7718 3773 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 214DEG 48KT 3748 7702 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 7:01 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent and 3 more44 min
Feb 24, 7:06 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Prince George, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg39 min
Feb 24, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg30 min
Feb 24, 7:24 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCharles City, Henrico, King William, New Kent36 min
Feb 24, 7:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin31 min
Feb 24, 7:40 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk35 min
Feb 24, 7:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and 1 more53 min
Feb 24, 8:05 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQNorthumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland25 min
Feb 24, 8:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond37 min
Feb 24, 8:13 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Middlesex, New Kent and 1 more32 min
Feb 24, 8:13 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQCity of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach32 min
Feb 24, 8:23 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQEssex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland37 min
Feb 24, 8:28 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ32 min
Feb 24, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCity of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson15 min
Feb 24, 8:44 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ91 min
Feb 24, 8:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex11 min
Feb 24, 8:45 PM ESTTornado WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk30 min
Feb 24, 8:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Hampton, City of Poquoson26 min
Feb 24, 9:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, Mathews, York, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Poquoson and 2 more44 min
Feb 24, 9:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack36 min
Feb 24, 10:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQAccomack, Northampton23 min
Feb 25, 12:59 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ51 hr
Feb 25, 10:00 AM ESTGale WarningAKQ3 hr
Feb 25, 1:00 PM ESTGale WarningAKQ15 hr

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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.