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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 22, 2017Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2017, 4:05 PM EDT for Brunswick County, Lunenburg County, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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: Apr 22, 2017, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Brunswick County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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
Apr 22, 4:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Brodnax, VA	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE BORDNAX AREA.
Apr 22, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Brodnax, VA	SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 58.

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
Apr 22, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

495 
WFUS51 KAKQ 222005
TORAKQ
VAC025-111-117-222030-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0013.170422T2005Z-170422T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
405 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2017

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Mecklenburg County in south central Virginia...
  Southeastern Lunenburg County in south central Virginia...
  Southwestern Brunswick County in south central Virginia...

* Until 430 PM EDT
    
* At 404 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over South Hill, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

  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 dangerous storm will be near...
  La Crosse around 410 PM EDT. 
  Brodnax around 420 PM EDT. 
  Lawrenceville and Brunswick around 430 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cochran, White Plains, Meredithville, Forksville, Prices Mill and
Bowens Corner.

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 3663 7821 3680 7824 3687 7782 3661 7781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 263DEG 24KT 3672 7816 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTNER

1 follow-up statement

421 
WWUS51 KAKQ 222017
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
417 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2017

VAC025-111-117-222030-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170422T2030Z/
Mecklenburg VA-Lunenburg VA-Brunswick VA-
417 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG...SOUTHEASTERN LUNENBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN
BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...
    
At 417 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Brodnax, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Lawrenceville and Brunswick around 430 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cochran, White Plains, Meredithville, Forksville, Prices Mill and
Bowens Corner.

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 3664 7812 3682 7814 3687 7782 3661 7781
      3662 7794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 263DEG 24KT 3673 7805 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTNER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 8:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Northumberland, Westmoreland	16 min
Apr 21, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	James City, King and Queen, New Kent	48 min
Apr 21, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northumberland, Richmond	28 min
Apr 21, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Northampton	47 min
Apr 21, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	37 min
Apr 21, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	50 min
Apr 22, 4:25 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	AKQ		3 days
Apr 22, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dinwiddie, Prince George, City of Petersburg	37 min
Apr 22, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	43 min
Apr 22, 2:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Mecklenburg	33 min
Apr 22, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Mecklenburg	51 min
Apr 22, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, Sussex	29 min
Apr 22, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lunenburg	38 min
Apr 22, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	46 min
Apr 22, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton	27 min
Apr 22, 3:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	25 min
Apr 22, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, Sussex	19 min
Apr 22, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton	24 min
Apr 22, 4:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Mecklenburg	23 min
Apr 22, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Southampton, City of Suffolk	30 min
Apr 22, 4:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia	23 min
Apr 22, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	24 min
Apr 22, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	50 min
Apr 22, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton, City of Franklin	30 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.