Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 4:58 PM EST for Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, City of Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was in force for 47 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, 4:58 PM EST (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Fredericksburg, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:59 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Cookstown, VA | TREE DOWN ON CHANCELLORSVILLE ROAD |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 627 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
070
WFUS51 KLWX 242158
TORLWX
VAC177-179-630-242245-
/O.NEW.KLWX.TO.W.0002.160224T2158Z-160224T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
458 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE SOUTH CENTRAL CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EST
* AT 457 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MINERAL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MASSAPONAX...SPOTSYLVANIA...POST OAK...GLENORA...ALSOP...LOGAN...
GATEWOOD...DUNAVANT...CHANCELLORSVILLE...COOKSTOWN...SNELL...
BROKENBURG AND THORNBURG.
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 3802 7773 3803 7774 3803 7775 3805 7775
3805 7777 3808 7779 3808 7781 3811 7784
3810 7786 3811 7786 3811 7790 3837 7767
3823 7740 3801 7768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 219DEG 47KT 3797 7795
$$
SEARS2 follow-up statements
726
WWUS51 KLWX 242214
SVSLWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
514 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC177-179-630-242245-
/O.CON.KLWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T2245Z/
STAFFORD VA-CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG VA-SPOTSYLVANIA VA-
514 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF
FREDERICKSBURG...
AT 514 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
WEST OF SPOTSYLVANIA...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERAL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPOTSYLVANIA...MASSAPONAX...CHANCELLORSVILLE...COOKSTOWN...POST
OAK...GLENORA...ALSOP...SNELL...LOGAN...DUNAVANT AND BROKENBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 7777 3808 7779 3808 7781 3811 7784
3810 7786 3811 7786 3811 7790 3837 7767
3824 7743 3807 7769 3805 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 219DEG 47KT 3814 7777
$$
SEARS468
WWUS51 KLWX 242239
SVSLWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
539 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC177-179-630-242248-
/O.EXP.KLWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T2245Z/
STAFFORD VA-CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG VA-SPOTSYLVANIA VA-
539 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD AND SPOTSYLVANIA
COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE...AND A
TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST.
LAT...LON 3805 7777 3808 7779 3808 7781 3811 7784
3810 7786 3811 7786 3811 7790 3837 7767
3824 7743 3807 7769 3805 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 219DEG 47KT 3814 7777
$$
SEARSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 9:28 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:04 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church | 35 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 95 min | |
| Feb 24, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 48 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 96 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:29 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Greene, Madison, City of Charlottesville | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 90 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Spotsylvania | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 4:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 4:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Albemarle | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 39 min | |
| Feb 24, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Culpeper, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 5:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Feb 24, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Loudoun | 59 min |
| Feb 24, 6:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 119 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | King George, Stafford | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 6:36 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 39 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LWX | Fairfax, City of Alexandria | 119 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.