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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 15, 2019Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2019, 4:16 AM EDT for Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 29 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: Apr 15, 2019, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2019, 4:45 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Worcester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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
Apr 15, 12:41 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

290 
WFUS51 KAKQ 150816
TORAKQ
MDC047-150845-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0013.190415T0816Z-190415T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
416 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Worcester County in southeastern Maryland...

* Until 445 AM EDT.
    
* At 416 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Snow Hill, or 9 miles northeast of Pocomoke City,
  moving east at 60 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...
  Newark around 425 AM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Boxiron, Ocean City Municipality, Cedartown, Public Landing, Mount
Wesley, Girdletree and West Ocean City.

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 3810 7517 3809 7526 3811 7526 3813 7522
      3817 7522 3819 7521 3820 7522 3818 7524
      3817 7523 3816 7523 3814 7524 3814 7526
      3809 7527 3808 7550 3818 7553 3834 7506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0816Z 251DEG 52KT 3814 7541 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MRD

2 follow-up statements

434 
WWUS51 KAKQ 150825
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
425 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019

MDC047-150845-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190415T0845Z/
Worcester MD-
425 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WORCESTER COUNTY...
    
At 424 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Newark, or 15 miles southwest of Ocean City, moving
east at 60 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Worcester County, including the following locations...
Boxiron, Ocean City Municipality, Cedartown, Public Landing,
Ironshire, Mount Wesley and West Ocean City.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3810 7517 3809 7526 3811 7526 3813 7522
      3817 7522 3819 7521 3820 7522 3818 7524
      3817 7523 3814 7524 3813 7527 3809 7527
      3809 7537 3823 7540 3834 7506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 251DEG 52KT 3818 7526 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MRD

693 
WWUS51 KAKQ 150845 RRA
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
445 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019

MDC047-150855-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190415T0845Z/
Worcester MD-
445 AM EDT MON APR 15 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for southeastern
Maryland.

LAT...LON 3810 7517 3809 7526 3811 7526 3813 7522
      3817 7522 3819 7521 3820 7522 3818 7524
      3817 7523 3814 7524 3813 7527 3809 7527
      3809 7537 3823 7540 3834 7506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 251DEG 52KT 3828 7490 

$$

MRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	44 min
Apr 15, 2:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	39 min
Apr 15, 3:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	54 min
Apr 15, 3:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Somerset	34 min
Apr 15, 3:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Somerset	31 min
Apr 15, 4:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	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.