Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2018, 6:18 PM EDT for Fluvanna County, Goochland County, Louisa County, Virginia. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2018, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fluvanna County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Louisa County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 14, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 6:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 618 PM EDT Mon May 14 2018 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-060>062-064>069-075>090-092-093-095>100-509>525- 152230- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches- Fluvanna-Prince Edward-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Mecklenburg- Lunenburg-Nottoway-Amelia-Powhatan-Westmoreland-Richmond- Northumberland-Lancaster-Brunswick-Dinwiddie-Prince George- Charles City-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex-Mathews-Greensville- Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth- Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-Accomack-Northampton- Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa-Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover- Western Chesterfield-Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-York-Newport News- Hampton/Poquoson- 618 PM EDT Mon May 14 2018 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 92 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. An area of showers and thunderstorms is expected to move across the region later this evening. Some of the storms will have the potential to produce large hail and damaging winds of 60 mph or greater. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms are anticipated from Wednesday through the end of the week. Although severe weather is currently not anticipated, the potential exists for locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. NCZ012>017-030>032-102-152230- Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck- Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans-Eastern Currituck- 618 PM EDT Mon May 14 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A shower or thunderstorm will be possible this evening, with the potential for gusty winds and small hail in the strongest thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms are anticipated from Wednesday through the end of the week. Although severe weather is currently not anticipated, the potential exists for locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:19 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | AKQ | 7 hr | |
| May 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr | |
| May 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Fluvanna, Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 43 min |
| May 14, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Essex, King and Queen, Richmond, Westmoreland | 35 min |
| May 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Essex, Goochland and 7 more | 45 min |
| May 14, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Westmoreland | 27 min |
| May 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Lancaster, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 47 min |
| May 14, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover and 13 more | 43 min |
| May 14, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 113 min | |
| May 13, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dorchester | 27 min |
| May 13, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 26 min |
| May 14, 2:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Wicomico, Worcester | 63 min |
Nearby
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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.