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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2019, 7:40 PM EDT for Caroline County, Virginia. It was in force for 35 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
- May 30, 2019, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2019, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Caroline County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 30, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wakefield VA 332 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 MDZ021>025-VAZ048-061-062-064-069-075>078-083>086-099-100-509>512- 515>522-311945- Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches- Fluvanna-Cumberland-Goochland-Caroline-Powhatan-Westmoreland- Richmond-Northumberland-Lancaster-New Kent-Gloucester-Middlesex- Mathews-Accomack-Northampton-Western Louisa-Eastern Louisa- Western Hanover-Eastern Hanover- Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond)-Eastern Henrico- Western King William-Eastern King William-Western King and Queen- Eastern King and Queen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex- 332 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Maryland, central Virginia, east central Virginia, eastern Virginia, north central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected this evening. Storms may be accompanied by strong wind gusts and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ012>017-030>032-311945- Northampton-Hertford-Gates-Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck- Bertie-Chowan-Perquimans- 332 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 ...INCREASED FIRE DANGER IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. INCREASED FIRE DANGER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible across the outlook area Friday afternoon and night...as a cold front drops across the area. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible, with damaging wind gusts and large hail as the primary hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ102-VAZ060-065>068-079>082-087>090-092-093-095>098-513-514- 523>525-311945- Eastern Currituck-Prince Edward-Mecklenburg-Lunenburg-Nottoway- Amelia-Brunswick-Dinwiddie-Prince George-Charles City-Greensville- Sussex-Surry-James City-Southampton-Isle of Wight-Norfolk/Portsmouth- Suffolk-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach-Western Chesterfield- Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights)-York-Newport News- Hampton/Poquoson- 332 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast North Carolina, central Virginia, east central Virginia, south central Virginia and southeast Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible across the outlook area Friday afternoon and night...as a cold front drops across the area. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible, with damaging wind gusts and large hail as the primary hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 26 min | |
| May 29, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 25 min |
| May 29, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 49 min | |
| May 29, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 29 min | |
| May 29, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 48 min |
| May 29, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 37 min | |
| May 29, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 48 min | |
| May 30, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester | 42 min |
| May 30, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Wicomico | 24 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.