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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 23, 20185 counties in Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2018, 1:57 PM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 23, 2018, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Charles City County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, New Kent County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 23, 10:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 10:27 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:52 AM EDT, 9 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 11:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1123 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND 6 NW CAPE HENRY         37.00N 76.10W
06/23/2018  M60 MPH          ANZ634             VA   BUOY

            BUOY STATION 44064, 6 NW CAPE HENRY.

1212 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND WILLOUGHBY DEGUASSING S 36.98N 76.32W
06/23/2018  M51 MPH          ANZ638             VA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION WDSV2, WILLOUGHBY DEGUASSING
            STATION.

1212 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND MIDDLE GROUND LIGHTHOUS 36.95N 76.39W
06/23/2018  M48 MPH          ANZ638             VA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION XMGL, MIDDLE GROUND
            LIGHTHOUSE.

0106 AM     MARINE TSTM WIND CHESAPEAKE LIGHT TOWER  36.90N 75.71W
06/23/2018  M47 MPH          ANZ656             VA   MESONET

            MESONET STATION XCLT, CHESAPEAKE LIGHT
            TOWER.

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:51 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
151 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018

VAZ082>085-090-518-520-231830-
Charles City-New Kent-Middlesex-Eastern King William-Eastern King and
Queen-Gloucester-James City-
151 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER...
SOUTHEASTERN KING AND QUEEN...WEST CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...CENTRAL
CHARLES CITY...NEW KENT...SOUTHEASTERN KING WILLIAM AND NORTHWESTERN
JAMES CITY COUNTIES...

At 150 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Providence
Forge, or near New Kent, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
New Kent, West Point, Ruthville, Providence Forge, Glenns,
Barhamsville, Little Plymouth, Shacklefords, Church View, Eltham,
Chickahominy Shore, Mountcastle, Cohoke, Lanexa, Mattaponi, Colonial
Downs, Mascot, Cooke, Clancie and Holly Forks.

If you see lightning or hear thunder...you are at risk. Take shelter
indoors immediately. If you cannot find shelter in a building a
vehicle provides safety from lightning.

LAT...LON 3747 7650 3743 7669 3744 7670 3743 7671
      3742 7671 3735 7704 3749 7713 3770 7670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 242DEG 26KT 3744 7699

BMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, City of Hampton, City of Newport News	46 min
Jun 22, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk	50 min
Jun 22, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		94 min
Jun 22, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Prince Edward	39 min
Jun 22, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	42 min
Jun 22, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville	41 min
Jun 22, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		31 min
Jun 22, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Lunenburg, Mecklenburg	43 min
Jun 22, 9:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, King William	48 hr
Jun 22, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Nottoway, Prince Edward	48 min
Jun 22, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		64 min
Jun 22, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Brunswick, Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia	49 min
Jun 22, 9:35 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Northumberland, Westmoreland	5 hr
Jun 22, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Richmond	49 min
Jun 22, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Amelia, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Nottoway, Powhatan	41 min
Jun 22, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, Prince George, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin	39 min
Jun 22, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell and 2 more	41 min
Jun 22, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville, Southampton, City of Emporia, City of Franklin	69 min
Jun 22, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Surry, York, City of Franklin and 4 more	41 min
Jun 22, 11:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		83 min
Jun 22, 11:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		47 min
Jun 22, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	46 min
Jun 22, 11:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		57 min
Jun 22, 11:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more	64 min
Jun 23, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		84 min
Jun 23, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth, City of Virginia Beach	53 min
Jun 23, 12:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Virginia Beach	25 min
Jun 23, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		33 min
Jun 23, 1:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk	42 min
Jun 23, 1:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	50 min
Jun 23, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		44 min
Jun 23, 4:39 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	AKQ		3 hr
Jun 23, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	New Kent	39 min
Jun 23, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		55 min
Jun 23, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Sussex	40 min
Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex	40 min
Jun 23, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Charles City, New Kent	47 min
Jun 23, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		58 min
Jun 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Lancaster, Northumberland	45 min
Jun 23, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		52 min
Jun 23, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack	36 min
Jun 23, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Suffolk	51 min
Jun 23, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton	54 min
Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		53 min
Jun 23, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Suffolk	38 min
Jun 23, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Surry, City of Newport News, City of Williamsburg	49 min
Jun 23, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Greensville	46 min
Jun 23, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		79 min
Jun 23, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	50 min
Jun 23, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Southampton	46 min
Jun 23, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		52 min
Jun 23, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Accomack	39 min
Jun 23, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	49 min
Jun 23, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		63 min
Jun 23, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	41 min
Jun 23, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach	36 min
Jun 23, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		70 min
Jun 23, 1:59 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	12 hr
Jun 23, 2:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan	38 min
Jun 23, 3:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	51 min
Jun 23, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	38 min
Jun 23, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Hertford	41 min
Jun 23, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Perquimans	52 min
Jun 23, 4:00 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	28 hr
Jun 23, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Currituck	24 min
Jun 23, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	52 min
Jun 23, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates, Hertford	46 min
Jun 23, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank	48 min
Jun 23, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans	61 min
Jun 23, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans	46 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.