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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 25, 2020Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, Sussex County, Virginia

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT for Isle of Wight County, Southampton County, Sussex County, Virginia. It was in force for 45 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 25, 2020, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2020, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 25, 6:47 AM EDT, 6 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 6:47 AM EDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:50 AM EDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:05 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:20 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:34 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSussex40 min
Jun 25, 1:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQKing William31 min
Jun 25, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, City of Suffolk25 min
Jun 25, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk49 min
Jun 25, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAKQ72 min
Jun 25, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQCity of Hampton, City of Norfolk, City of Poquoson, City of Portsmouth40 min
Jun 25, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQGoochland48 min
Jun 25, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHanover52 min
Jun 25, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWestmoreland51 min
Jun 25, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond48 min
Jun 25, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent53 min
Jun 25, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex, Richmond, Westmoreland47 min
Jun 25, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent47 min
Jun 25, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland45 min
Jun 25, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQChesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell40 min
Jun 25, 5:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQHanover, Henrico63 min
Jun 25, 5:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQHanover, Henrico, New Kent2 hr
Jun 25, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, James City, New Kent, Prince George and 2 more41 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQEssex40 min
Jun 25, 6:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQEssex, Richmond, Westmoreland3 hr
Jun 25, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQCharles City, Chesterfield, Henrico, Prince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell3 hr
Jun 25, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQEssex, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland40 min
Jun 25, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCharles City, James City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex28 min
Jun 25, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince George, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg41 min
Jun 25, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQSurry46 min
Jun 25, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthumberland29 min
Jun 25, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince George42 min
Jun 25, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQLouisa46 min
Jun 25, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCaroline, Hanover, Louisa39 min
Jun 25, 11:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico38 min
Jun 25, 1:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWicomico40 min
Jun 25, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQWorcester41 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.