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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 19, 2019Northampton County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2019, 6:31 PM EDT for Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2019, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Northampton County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 6:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Garysburg, NC	TREES DOWN REPORTED AT 118 LOWES COURT, GARYSBURG, NC.
Apr 19, 6:40 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Wnw Garysburg, NC
Apr 19, 6:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Gaston, NC	TREES DOWN.
Apr 19, 6:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Pleasant Hill, NC	TREE DOWN ON A POWER LINE.
Apr 19, 6:54 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 E Seaboard, NC

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 19, 1:17 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

602 
WFUS51 KAKQ 192231
TORAKQ
NCC131-192300-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.190419T2231Z-190419T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
631 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northampton County in northeastern North Carolina...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 630 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both
  tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located
  along a line extending from near Roanoke Rapids to near Scotland
  Neck, moving northeast 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.

* These dangerous storms will be near...
  Rich Square around 640 PM EDT.
  Woodland and Seaboard around 645 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Eagletown,
Mud Castle, Milwaukee, Potecasi, Lasker, Jackson, Bryantown, Boones
Crossroads, Pleasant Grove and Pleasant Hill.

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 3619 7733 3619 7735 3621 7739 3624 7738
      3627 7741 3632 7744 3631 7750 3631 7757
      3634 7758 3638 7755 3641 7755 3645 7763
      3648 7765 3648 7769 3655 7756 3654 7733
      3639 7715 3622 7723 3621 7729 3617 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 244DEG 53KT 3641 7766 3617 7741 

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

$$

MRD

1 follow-up statement

451 
WWUS51 KAKQ 192243
SVSAKQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
643 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2019

NCC131-192300-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190419T2300Z/
Northampton NC-
643 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY...
        
At 643 PM EDT, tornado producing storms were located along a line
extending from near Garysburg to near Rich Square, moving northeast
at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado. A radar confirmed tornado 
         signature was located near Weldon.

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.

These tornadic storms will be near...
  Woodland and Seaboard around 655 PM EDT.
  Conway around 700 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Eagletown,
Mud Castle, Milwaukee, Potecasi, Lasker, Jackson, Bryantown, Boones
Crossroads, Pleasant Grove and Pleasant Hill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3619 7733 3619 7735 3621 7739 3624 7738
      3627 7741 3632 7744 3631 7750 3631 7757
      3634 7758 3638 7755 3641 7755 3645 7763
      3648 7765 3648 7769 3655 7756 3654 7733
      3639 7715 3622 7723 3621 7729 3617 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 226DEG 33KT 3649 7758 3625 7734 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MRD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 8:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	AKQ	Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more	20 hr
Apr 19, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Chowan	38 min
Apr 19, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Hertford	34 min
Apr 19, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	47 min
Apr 19, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Gates	44 min
Apr 19, 3:52 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	AKQ	Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans	16 hr
Apr 19, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Northampton	50 min
Apr 19, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Northampton	14 min
Apr 19, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Hertford, Northampton	50 min
Apr 19, 6:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Northampton	34 min
Apr 19, 6:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	AKQ	Hertford, Northampton	43 min
Apr 19, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford	40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.