Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 5:13 PM EST for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 36 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, 5:13 PM EST (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 5:49 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties City of Fredericksburg, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 5:31 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Woodbridge, VA | REPORTS OF TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 5:32 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Roseville, VA | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED 0.5 MILE NORTH OF THE STAFFORD GOVT COUNTY BLDG. |
| Feb 24, 5:32 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Fredericksburg, VA | TREE DOWN AND SEVERAL WIRES 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.
| 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.
720
WFUS51 KLWX 242213
TORLWX
VAC047-153-177-179-630-242300-
/O.NEW.KLWX.TO.W.0003.160224T2213Z-160224T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
513 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
STAFFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER COUNTY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA...
NORTHEASTERN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 512 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR FREDERICKSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAFFORD...FREDERICKSBURG...DALE CITY...WOODBRIDGE...AQUIA CREEK...
DUMFRIES...MONTCLAIR...TRIANGLE...FALMOUTH...BROOKE...
GARRISONVILLE...STONES CORNER...BROOKFIELD...SPRING VALLEY...
HARTWOOD...HOLLY CORNER...AQUIA...ROSEVILLE...ARKENDALE AND
LEELAND.
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.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3835 7764 3870 7734 3864 7723 3863 7725
3861 7725 3860 7726 3859 7725 3858 7726
3856 7726 3855 7728 3846 7733 3838 7731
3826 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 221DEG 47KT 3831 7758
$$
ADS2 follow-up statements
984
WWUS51 KLWX 242234
SVSLWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
534 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC047-153-177-179-630-242300-
/O.CON.KLWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/
PRINCE WILLIAM VA-STAFFORD VA-CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG VA-CULPEPER VA-
SPOTSYLVANIA VA-
534 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM...STAFFORD...SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER AND
NORTHEASTERN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG...
AT 533 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUMFRIES TO NEAR
FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STAFFORD...FREDERICKSBURG...DALE CITY...WOODBRIDGE...AQUIA CREEK...
DUMFRIES...MONTCLAIR...TRIANGLE...FALMOUTH...BROOKE...
GARRISONVILLE...STONES CORNER...BROOKFIELD...SPRING VALLEY...
HARTWOOD...HOLLY CORNER...AQUIA...ROSEVILLE...ARKENDALE AND LEELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 3835 7764 3870 7734 3864 7723 3863 7725
3861 7725 3860 7726 3859 7725 3858 7726
3856 7726 3855 7728 3846 7733 3838 7731
3826 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 218DEG 38KT 3857 7736 3834 7752
$$
ADS028
WWUS51 KLWX 242249
SVSLWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
549 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
VAC047-153-177-179-630-242258-
/O.CAN.KLWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/
PRINCE WILLIAM VA-STAFFORD VA-CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG VA-CULPEPER VA-
SPOTSYLVANIA VA-
549 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE WILLIAM...STAFFORD...
SOUTHEASTERN CULPEPER AND NORTHEASTERN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTIES AND THE
CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED WITH LITTLE
ROTATION...AND NO LONGER APPEAR TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE...
AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.
LAT...LON 3835 7764 3870 7734 3864 7723 3863 7725
3861 7725 3860 7726 3859 7725 3858 7726
3856 7726 3855 7728 3846 7733 3838 7731
3826 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 221DEG 47KT 3871 7720 3848 7736
$$
ADSThe 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, 4:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LWX | Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg | 47 min |
| 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, 5:22 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.