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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Wakefield, VA

September 1, 2020Pasquotank County, Perquimans County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT for Pasquotank County, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 1, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2020, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 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 Aug 31, 7:11 PM EDT, 20 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 7:11 PM EDT, 20 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 1:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince George, Southampton, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk42 min
Sep 1, 1:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk3 hr
Sep 1, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPrince George43 min
Sep 1, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk3 hr
Sep 1, 3:41 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningAKQChesterfield, Henrico, City of Richmond14 hr
Sep 1, 3:50 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementAKQLancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland7 hr
Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQPasquotank43 min
Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAKQPasquotank, Perquimans118 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.