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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2016, 12:47 PM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 27, 2016, 12:47 PM EDT (16:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Worcester County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.4
The text
As transmitted.
656
WFUS51 KAKQ 271647
TORAKQ
MDC047-271715-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0046.160727T1647Z-160727T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1247 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1247 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE
NEAR SNOW HILL...OR 15 MILES EAST OF POCOMOKE CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
WORCESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: PUBLIC
LANDING.
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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING
TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AT
...7 5 7...8 9 9...2 4 1 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 7517 3792 7527 3797 7529 3800 7526
3801 7527 3801 7528 3799 7529 3800 7530
3816 7535 3818 7527 3811 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 327DEG 10KT 3813 7529
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JM2 follow-up statements
849
WWUS51 KAKQ 271659
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1259 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016
MDC047-271715-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160727T1715Z/
WORCESTER MD-
1259 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY...
AT 1258 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNOW HILL...OR 15 MILES EAST OF POCOMOKE CITY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
WORCESTER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING
TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AT
...7 5 7...8 9 9...2 4 1 5.&&
LAT...LON 3805 7517 3793 7527 3797 7529 3800 7526
3801 7527 3801 7528 3800 7529 3813 7533
3814 7528 3808 7515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 336DEG 9KT 3811 7529
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JM377
WWUS51 KAKQ 271716
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
116 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016
MDC047-271726-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160727T1715Z/
WORCESTER MD-
116 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3805 7517 3793 7527 3797 7529 3800 7526
3801 7527 3801 7528 3800 7529 3813 7533
3814 7528 3808 7515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 327DEG 10KT 3811 7529
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 5:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.