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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 8, 2019Dinwiddie County, Nottoway County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT for Dinwiddie 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dinwiddie County, VA, Nottoway County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2019-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2019-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 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
Apr 8, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna50 min
Apr 8, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQMecklenburg34 min
Apr 8, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLunenburg, Nottoway25 min
Apr 8, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQFluvanna, Louisa46 min
Apr 8, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia28 min
Apr 8, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQNottoway26 min
Apr 8, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCumberland, Goochland, Powhatan52 min
Apr 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDinwiddie31 min
Apr 8, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAmelia, Nottoway28 min
Apr 8, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBrunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia39 min
Apr 8, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover48 min
Apr 8, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQChesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent and 2 more30 min
Apr 8, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg30 min
Apr 8, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGreensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia46 min
Apr 8, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCharles City, Henrico, James City, King and Queen, King William, New Kent and 3 more44 min
Apr 8, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ97 min
Apr 8, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ90 min
Apr 8, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGloucester, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, York and 3 more50 min
Apr 8, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, City of Chesapeake, City of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth, City of Suffolk and 1 more62 min
Apr 8, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQAccomack, Northampton64 min
Apr 8, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQBertie, Gates, Hertford, Northampton32 min
Apr 8, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester48 min
Apr 8, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQDorchester, Wicomico44 min
Apr 8, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico52 min
Apr 8, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQDorchester56 min
Apr 8, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico38 min
Apr 8, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQWicomico, Worcester40 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.