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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT for Amelia County, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2018, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Amelia County, VA, Nottoway County, VA
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
827
WFUS51 KAKQ 171700
TORAKQ
VAC007-135-171730-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.180917T1700Z-180917T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
100 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2018
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Nottoway County in south central Virginia...
Southwestern Amelia County in central Virginia...
* Until 130 PM EDT.
* At 100 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Nottoway, or near Blackstone, moving northeast at
40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Spainville around 115 PM EDT.
Mannboro around 120 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include North
Wellville, Irby, Earls, Ammon, Murdocks, The Falls, Wellville,
Maplewood, Dominy Corner and Fergusonville.
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 report severe weather by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the
NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using Twitter @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
&&
LAT...LON 3737 7806 3722 7774 3720 7777 3720 7779
3717 7782 3717 7784 3715 7787 3714 7790
3709 7790 3701 7799 3702 7800 3701 7808
3705 7816 3708 7817 3707 7819 3709 7823
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 220DEG 41KT 3709 7808
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 3:45 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | AKQ | 30 hr | |
| Sep 17, 6:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Lunenburg and 4 more | 94 min |
| Sep 17, 7:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and 1 more | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 8:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 8:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville | 38 min |
| Sep 17, 9:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 9 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 9:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 10:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and 5 more | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Goochland, Nottoway, Powhatan | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 12:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Goochland, Hanover, Louisa | 20 min |
| Sep 17, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Nottoway | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 2:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 38 min |
| Sep 17, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield | 23 min |
| Sep 17, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 52 min |
| Sep 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 3:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Powhatan | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, City of Richmond | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia | 51 min |
| Sep 17, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, King William | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond | 40 min |
| Sep 17, 5:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Goochland, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 12 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 6:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | AKQ | Brunswick | 64 hr |
| Sep 17, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Richmond, City of Richmond | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.