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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wakefield, VA

October 11, 2018Lunenburg County, Prince Edward County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Oct 11, 2018, 4:21 PM EDT for Lunenburg County, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was in force for 24 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: Oct 11, 2018, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 11, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Lunenburg County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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
Oct 11, 9:58 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

605 
WFUS51 KAKQ 112021
TORAKQ
VAC111-147-112045-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0039.181011T2021Z-181011T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
421 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2018

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Prince Edward County in central Virginia...
  Northwestern Lunenburg County in south central Virginia...

* Until 445 PM EDT.
    
* At 421 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Lunenburg, or near Victoria, moving north at 30
  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...
  Green Bay around 440 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Pleasant Grove, Briery, Arvins Store, Virso, Meherrin, Nutbush,
Scholfield and Simplicity.

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 3716 7854 3724 7833 3697 7825 3693 7838
      3704 7846 3708 7844 3709 7846 3709 7848
      3710 7850 3713 7851
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 161DEG 27KT 3700 7834 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

Zimmerman

1 follow-up statement

475 
WWUS51 KAKQ 112035
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
435 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2018

VAC111-147-112045-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-181011T2045Z/
Prince Edward VA-Lunenburg VA-
435 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRINCE EDWARD AND
NORTHWESTERN LUNENBURG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for south central
and central Virginia.

LAT...LON 3716 7854 3724 7833 3697 7825 3693 7838
      3704 7846 3708 7844 3709 7846 3709 7848
      3710 7850 3713 7851
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 161DEG 27KT 3710 7838 

$$

Zimmerman

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 11, 5:26 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Accomack, Gloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton	11 hr
Oct 11, 10:12 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Accomack, Northampton, City of Virginia Beach	21 hr
Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick	4 days
Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Brunswick, Dinwiddie	68 hr
Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Sussex	5 days
Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward	51 hr
Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan	7 days
Oct 11, 11:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg	7 days
Oct 11, 3:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	34 min
Oct 11, 4:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Fluvanna, Louisa	6 hr
Oct 11, 4:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan and 1 more	6 hr
Oct 11, 5:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Nottoway	36 min
Oct 11, 5:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie	28 min
Oct 11, 5:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Powhatan	13 min
Oct 11, 5:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Goochland, Hanover, Louisa	6 hr
Oct 11, 5:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk	15 min
Oct 11, 6:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	AKQ	Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward	6 hr
Oct 11, 6:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover	6 hr
Oct 11, 6:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	AKQ	Amelia, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan	5 hr
Oct 11, 7:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico	5 hr
Oct 11, 7:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Hanover, King William, New Kent	28 min
Oct 11, 7:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, Mathews, York	25 min
Oct 11, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	AKQ		24 min
Oct 11, 7:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent, York	23 min
Oct 11, 7:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	AKQ	Charles City, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 1 more	6 hr
Oct 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Gloucester, King and Queen, Middlesex	32 min
Oct 11, 7:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Caroline, Hanover, King William, New Kent	17 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.