Alert archive / Virginia / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2017, 5:54 PM EDT for City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, Virginia. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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
- Mar 31, 2017, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Bowers Hill, VA | . |
| Mar 31, 5:57 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ssw Deep Creek, VA | LAST POINT AT WHICH TORNADO DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT FROM TORNADO THAT ORIGINATED IN SUFFOLK, WEST OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP. SOME TREE DAMAGE EVIDENT NEAR GEORGE WASHINGTON HWY. |
| Mar 31, 6:04 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Deep Creek, VA | . |
| Mar 31, 6:17 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Portlock, VA | . |
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Ssw Greenbrier, VA | WIND GUST TO 55 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
775
WFUS51 KAKQ 312154
TORAKQ
VAC550-740-312230-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0004.170331T2154Z-170331T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
554 PM EDT FRI MAR 31 2017
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
The central City of Chesapeake in southeastern Virginia...
The southern City of Portsmouth in southeastern Virginia...
* Until 630 PM EDT
* At 553 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Deep Creek, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
Deep Creek and Chesapeake around 600 PM EDT.
Cradock around 605 PM EDT.
Great Bridge around 610 PM EDT.
Fentress around 620 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include South
Norfolk, Herberts Corner, Portlock, Hickory and Chesapeake Airport.
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 3680 7644 3683 7629 3682 7629 3683 7627
3682 7626 3666 7615 3665 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 256DEG 23KT 3672 7640
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna, Lunenburg, Nottoway and 2 more | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 9:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 9:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and 1 more | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Henrico, Prince George and 4 more | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 82 min | |
| Mar 31, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Mathews, Northampton, York, City of Hampton and 5 more | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Greensville | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Suffolk | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Southampton, Sussex and 1 more | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 80 min | |
| Mar 31, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex and 1 more | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk, City of Virginia Beach | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 112 min | |
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Surry, York, City of Williamsburg | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, City of Hampton, City of Newport News, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach | 67 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.