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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 30, 2019Amelia County, Dinwiddie County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2019, 3:27 PM EDT for Amelia County, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was in force for 21 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 30, 2019, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2019, 3:48 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Amelia County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ77 min
Jun 30, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Nottoway26 min
Jun 30, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie51 min
Jun 30, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDinwiddie, Sussex30 min
Jun 30, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight24 min
Jun 30, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGreensville, Southampton, City of Emporia, City of Franklin42 min
Jun 30, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Suffolk43 min
Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQYork42 min
Jun 30, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ43 min
Jun 30, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Virginia Beach23 min
Jun 30, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ76 min
Jun 30, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ59 min
Jun 30, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGates, Hertford, Northampton39 min
Jun 30, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden38 min
Jun 30, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChowan, Perquimans41 min
Jun 30, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCamden, Currituck38 min
Jun 30, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNorthampton46 min
Jun 30, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Hertford40 min
Jun 30, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie45 min
Jun 29, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester35 min
Jun 29, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester44 min
Jun 29, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSomerset39 min
Jun 29, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester52 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.